Nearly 240 years ago on Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected by all 69 presidential electors as the first ...

As we celebrate Black History Month, the Warren County NAACP is sharing a series of articles that will continue throughout February.

Nearly 200 years ago on Jan. 30, 1835, President Andrew Jackson survived the first assassination attempt on an American ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on this day in 1870. The amendment granted African American men the right to vote by stating that the right to vote ...

The Supreme Court appears poised to abolish a key part of the Voting Rights Act. It may draw on a constitutional amendment ...

On Feb. 3, 2005, 104 people aboard an Afghan airliner died when it crashed in the mountains near Kabul. It was Afghanistan's ...

On Feb. 3, 2005, 104 people aboard an Afghan airliner died when it crashed in the mountains near Kabul. It was Afghanistan's ...

Constitutional scholar and Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar is on a professional crusade to encourage Americans to understand the U.S. Constitution. He is writing a three-volume narrative ...

Black History Month was founded a century ago as Negro History Week. February was selected in honor of great abolitionist ...

Journalist Don Lemon has been released from custody after being charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with ...

There's been some debate recently about whether laws banning carrying weapons at political protests and demonstrations (either by the ...