Black History Month began as merely a week back in 1926 thanks to the efforts of one man: Carter G. Woodson. A scholar and ...

Fun fact: US president George Washington would never have known the above. He died in 1799, decades before paleontologist Richard Owen first coined the term "dinosaur" in 1842. Related: If You Lived ...

I love history, and I'm learning new fun facts all the time. It's hard not to gush about them, but I've found an outlet: this post series, where I share all my fun, random facts with you. So here are ...

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Historian and author Carter G. Woodson is known by many as the “Father of Black History.” Tired of having Black people left out of the American story, he created the first Negro History Week in ...

We know, we know - history can seem like a dud. Learning about people who aren't even on this Earth anymore - their birth, experiences, failures, and all those things - can look boring. And sometimes ...

U.S. history is rich with tales and stories, which are not found in your text books, but can help you understand more about your nation, improve your history knowledge for upcoming SATs or make you a ...