The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

Jesse Jackson was an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination.

By the President of the United States of America A Today, our Nation honors President George Washington, our foremost American hero, the face Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...

The 43rd president of the United States launched a Substack site Feb. 16 with a 1,500-word tribute to a predecessor.

More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution. The Siege of Boston was his first ...

Founding father myths: Did George Washington really have wooden teeth? - On this day 250 years ago, Washington would have been nearing the culmination of an almost year-long siege that effectively ...

George Washington and Italian painter Constantino Brumidi are forever connected in a fresco adorning the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

A federal judge has ordered an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington to be restored at his former home in Philadelphia after President Donald Trump’s administration took it down last ...

George W. Bush's essay on the first president amounts to a gentle, but pointed and unmistakable, critique of Donald Trump, his grandiose self-image, and the me-first character of his America First ...

Hundreds of people flock to a muddy field to celebrate the crumbling beauty of concrete sculptures that honor most of America ...

Here are 10 facts that make Presidents’ Day a distinct, and often misunderstood, national holiday. Despite its popular moniker, the federal holiday known as Presidents’ Day is officially called ...