Mark Segal was all smiles Wednesday afternoon. "I have lived to see my dreams a reality," Segal said. "I am probably the luckiest person in this room." In 1969, the then 18-year-old left Philadelphia ...

The Trump administration is looking to change how Black history is presented at the park sites and museums under its influence. President Trump, who has eyes on the nation’s 250th birthday this summer ...

American support for Syria’s subjugation of “Rojava”—the autonomous Kurdish-led administration in its northeast—is regarded by many of its supporters as a betrayal. “Rojava” is the name that many ...

In a windowless warehouse in Bushwick, archivists, researchers and librarians from the Brooklyn Public Library are huddled around a lightbox. They’re photographing a bronze souvenir bell, barely the ...

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, the oldest independent museum devoted to Black history in the country, is celebrating a major milestone this year. On Monday (Feb. 16), the ...

The autonomous area commonly known as Rojava, sitting in Northeastern Syrian Kurdistan, is facing an existential struggle. The Syrian administration in Damascus has initiated a military assault on the ...

This week we’re sharing two interviews related to ongoing conflicts between the Syrian transitional government alongside the Turkish backed so-called Syrian National Army militia, which has overlaps ...

UNC basketball and Duke have opened their annual rivalry at the Smith Center in 20 seasons since the historic arena’s opening on Skipper Bowles Drive in 1986. The 14th-ranked Tar Heels (18-4, 6-3 ACC) ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- February is Black History Month, and Chicago's DuSable museum has featured lots of history over the years. It's already a place where African American history lives. But, as Chicago ...

In previous years, the Kennedy Center regularly hosted Black History Month concerts, tributes, and performances honoring African-American history and culture. While museums and cultural institutions ...

As the calendar turns to February, many museums and cultural centers across the country are readying their programming for Black History Month. At the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ...