What is House of History? House of History is my little soapbox project. Politics, history, and cultural developments have ...

When the Confederacy captured the Ironclad uss Indianola during the American Civil War, the Union's Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter thought up a ruse to make sure it wouldn't be salvaged and used ...

PBS' four-part documentary on the Black and Jewish experience in America, presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr., examines how ...

By the 1920s, “race films,” movies starring largely Black casts, marketed to Black audiences and often produced by ...

Charlotte Symphony conductor Kwamé Ryan, far left, gave an emotional acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards in LA Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. Ryan won for Best Opera Recording, conducting Jake Heggie’s ...

Andrew England Trump was, of course, referring to his decision to briefly join Israel’s 12-day war against the Islamic ...

Charlotte Symphony music director Kwamé Ryan was the first conductor in orchestra history to be nominated for, and win, a ...

The Wagoner History Center will host a Black History Month presentation honoring Black soldiers Friday, February 20.

Historians and observers have accused the Trump administration trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign ...

Several milestones are being celebrated this month by descendants of important Black figures from Maryland who helped shape ...

Reaching for parallels in the Revolution and abolition, Americans are no longer debating conventional public policy. We are ...