Harold Holzer, an expert on Abraham Lincoln, is taking over the role of borough historian. He is looking ahead to some significant milestones this year. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday.

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At the end of January, the Department of Justice released over 3 million more materials related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The documents revealed the depth of the relationship that Peter ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WSIL) — Before freedom had a freeway, it had a railroad. On Saturday, February 14 at 11 a.m., the Carbondale Public Library will host a powerful Black history program titled “Joseph ...

What’s in a name? For the U.S. military, a lot. In 2020, Congress created the Naming Commission. Its purpose: to rename nine of the most prominent Army bases and monuments that honored men who took up ...

“If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated,” wrote Carter G. Woodson in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A noted historian will join the nation’s largest African American History Month celebration as one ...

MANKATO — When Bryce Stenzel was a teen growing up in St. Clair, people remarked often on his resemblance to Abraham Lincoln. They both had long, angular faces, he said. Those comments, as well as his ...

Black History Month initially started as Negro History Week, an initiative started by Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Black History ...

PennWest University will mark the National Day of Racial Healing on Monday with a virtual program featuring civil rights historian and author David L. Crane at 11 a.m. Crane is the founder of the ...

It took eight quarters and a snowstorm to decide who would face off for football's ultimate prize in Super Bowl 60. Seattle earned the top seed in the NFC playoff bracket thanks to a seven-game ...