On top of hidden wood floors were layers of melted furniture, debris and toys. The walls were stained with soot, and the ceiling was tattered. An almost 200-year-old home was in need of heavy repairs.

California’s court fight to reign in the president's use of troops in Los Angeles now hangs on a 19th century law with grim ...

The French engineer Gustave Eiffel’s plan sketch was found to have been changed to help the statue withstand weather like ...

Dr. Carla Hayden, a trailblazing librarian of Congress, was fired by President Trump in May. Geoff Bennett recently spoke with her about being blindsided by the decision, the administration’s ongoing ...

Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly ...

On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...

Hundreds of thousands of white men gave their lives to end slavery in this country, and hundreds of thousands more were wounded." "I think this is terrible for Democrats," Bevan added.

What does it mean to study slavery? To study something means to make arguments based on evidence. But what counts as evidence, and who has the authority to make those determinations?

The Library of Congress has catalogued 3,049 recordings up to the year 2000 alone. One writer has estimated that it is performed 10 million times around the world every year.

Emancipation Day commemorates the signing of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, which legislated the end of slavery in Washington, D.C. The Act was the Union government’s ...

The J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah released a digital database of primary sources dealing with legislative debates on slavery in Utah’s territorial government in 1852 and 1856.

The Library of Congress has shared which films made it into its National Film Registry this year. Inductees include “12 Years a Slave”, “Love & Basketball”, and “Apollo 13”!