History

Indigenous leaders and activists have mixed feelings about land acknowledgments.

Law enforcement spent 14 years hunting for 36 historic guns stolen 50 years ago — they turned up in Newark, Delaware.

The lanky leaper completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with what is now the most-used technique for elite high jumpers.

The 2023 parade theme "St. Patrick, Let There Be Peace" centers on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

Pastor Khan says Dr. King spent time at the New Jersey home from 1948 to 1951 while studying at the Crozer Theological Seminary.

The home was empty for many years and there has been a push to raise money to fix it.

Anthony Morris was a successful 18th century Philadelphia brewer. He was also elected mayor — but not more than once.

Two abolitionists, a scientist, an artist, an athlete, and an activist whose legacies will live on in Philadelphia lore.

Biden was among those commemorating the anniversary of the brutal attack by authorities on peaceful civil rights demonstrators as they marched along the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

The Barnes Foundation hosts work by two artists: one making work since apartheid, the other growing up in post-apartheid South Africa.

If we want to make progress, we need to talk honestly about the most painful parts of America's history. So how do we help people reckon with, and not resist, the past?

Flemister, who died last week, was the first Black woman to serve as a special agent in the 1970s, but was forced out by racial discrimination.

The explosion in an underground parking garage killed six people, including a pregnant woman. More than 1,000 people were injured.

Gov. Murphy also announced initiatives he said will positively impact communities of color across the state.

The man later known as the Father of His Country tried to raise money after the Revolutionary War ended by unloading some of his vast land holdings.