At U.S. presidential inaugurations, prayers often reflect national identity as much as faith. From New York Cardinal Timothy ...

Americans don’t have royalty, a class of people considered better than others, because we don't visualize things that, unlike title-obsessed Europeans.

Let’s face it, history can seem a little boring to some. Of course, those people probably never took part in March Madness, which is included in Bill King’s seventh-grade social ...

Black History Month began in 1926 as ‘Negro History Week’, founded by historian Carter G. Woodson to highlight the overlooked ...

Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day is among the dozen federal holidays per year. Banks, libraries and post offices are closed, and school is not in session on Feb. 17, 2025.

In the early months of 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. did something he rarely allowed himself to do -- he stepped away. He ...

Some might have found it unlucky, maybe even a bit intimidating. But Morgan Beronius saw an opportunity. And she and her partner Gavin Molina turned that opportunity – created when they drew ...

Veterans Day honors military service. The Fourth of July acknowledges the country’s independence. But Presidents Day is something of a mystery. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not a catch-all holiday ...

Dr. King was invited to speak at “The Sunday Evening Forum" on the University of Arizona campus. Tucson native Jacque Barnes ...

Poet, playwright, novelist, and social activist Langston Hughes and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared a ...

The album dropped the same time that she played Mahalia Jackson in the film Selma, a film based on the voting rights marches in Alabama led by Martin Luther King Jr. and James ... to commemorate the ...