Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

To be a historian in the time of Trump 2.0 is to teach and write history at a time when the federal government is being mobilized to promote a white nationalist version of American history. Plenty of ...

Using the full power of the federal government, President Trump has promoted a vision of America that challenges the legitimacy of the Black experience. News Analysis Using the full power of the ...

On the 30th anniversary of a verdict that shook the U.S., this seminal documentary on the O.J. Simpson trial offers lasting insights. On Oct. 3, 1995, O.J. Simpson (C) listens to the not guilty ...

"This fascinating history explores the dynamic relationship between overseas colonisation and the bodily experience of eating. It reveals the importance of food to the colonial project in Spanish ...

In 1963, Faith Ringgold began a series of 20 paintings called "The American People." She she wanted to create images that would make people really look. "The more they look, the more they see," she ...

Planning for the Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibition “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture” started in 2019. That was before the second Trump administration began its ...