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The truth behind the myths America still protects.

In recent headlines, Quentin Tarantino openly criticized Paul Dano's performance in There Will Be Blood, calling him "weak sauce" and going so far as to label him a "big giant flaw" in an otherwise ...

Nothing about Ben Wallace was conventional. He was the first undrafted player ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and as a 6'9" undersized center — with rumors of being closer to 6'7'' — with ...

A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...

A series of informational signs about slavery was removed Thursday from the President's House in Old City Philadelphia, a historic site operated by the National Park Service. Before the President's ...

Alvaro Arbeloa at his first press conference as Real Madrid head coach Oscar Del Pozo/AFP via Getty Images “No retreat. No surrender. That is Spartan law.” So says the Instagram bio of new Real Madrid ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of "whitewashing history" on Friday after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia's Independence ...

In the 1840’s, across stages in America, minstrelsy was born. During performances, white actors would blacken their faces with burnt cork and wear tattered and unkempt clothing to mock African slaves.

PHILADELPHIA — For some, the removal of exhibits about slavery at the President’s House Site at Independence National Historical Park on Thursday came as a shock. For John Garrison Marks, a historian ...