The HBCUs came first, starting with Cheney University in Pennsylvania in 1837. Then came The University of the District of Columbia in 1851, Lincoln University -Pennsylvania in 1854, Wilberforce ...

But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen ...

It was constructed in Laporte in 1862, according to Watrous, the same year the town was made headquarters for the Overland Stage Company's mountain division, which ran mail and passengers along ...

Behind modern Cinco de Mayo celebrations is the 1862 Battle of Puebla, a Mexican triumph over French colonial forces.

For the majority of Black households, the tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Eve to bring in good luck and prosperity is second nature. Find out why.

The observance of New Year's day in this City, so far as the suspension of ordinary business, was quite general, but the long-established and muchabused custom of making indiscriminate calls, was ...

The Revenue Act of 1862 was passed by Congress to fund the Union in the American Civil War and created the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

The Black American tradition of spending New Year’s Eve in prayer and fellowship dates all the way back to the Civil War. It’s deeply rooted in the long-awaited dawn of freedom for enslaved ...

Watch Night services, which date back to the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, are still observed on New Year's Eve at many multiracial and predominately Black churches in the US.

Bored with the usual New Year's Day traditions? Break free from the cliché celebrations, and kick off 2024 with unique customs from countries around the globe.

A school at the Freedmen’s Village in Arlington, Virginia, educated African American children and adults who escaped from their enslavers in Confederate states. Credit: National Archives July 17, 1862 ...