On Jan. 30, Yale professor Lisa Lowe held a lecture titled “Colonial Histories of the Present,” which navigated America’s history of colonialism, slavery and discrimination to study how each evolved ...

Starting in 1820, thousands of Black emigrants were shipped to what would become Liberia. The society's segregationist ideology has a lasting impact on America and Liberia. On December 21, 1816, a ...

Colonial Williamsburg, the country’s largest living history museum, has been bringing to life the Founding Fathers and reenacting some of America’s defining origin moments through costumed ...

Liberia was founded in the 1820s as part of the American "colonization" movement, which sought to resettle free Black Americans on the African continent. English is the official language of Liberia.

For most of the early decades of U.S. history, the styles of homes built in this country were inspired by European architecture such as Greek Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, Tudor Revival, ...

This video explores the full history of immigration to the United States, from early colonization and forced migration to modern immigration laws and debates. It explains how successive waves of ...

A newly identified 16th century horse specimen is among the oldest domestic horses from the Americas known to date, and its DNA helps clarify the history of horses in the Western Hemisphere, according ...

A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median construction year of 1996, Colonial homes have also proven to be a solid ...

The American Colonization Society's mission was to relocate freed Black Americans to Africa. Starting in 1820, thousands of Black emigrants were shipped to what would become Liberia. The society's ...