Tens of thousands are set to protest on April 5 against Trump's agenda, defending democracy, civil rights, and everyday ...

Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia.

With the White House in the background, a worker watches as demolition begins on the Black Lives Matter mural on Monday in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press Share WASHINGTON — Crews ...

On Monday, the 45-year old Bowie, Maryland resident returned to the site of those protests to mourn the end of Black Lives ...

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser announced this week that the Black Lives Matter mural that defaces what used to be called 16th Street NW leading up to the White House will be obliterated ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House as Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser struggles to ...

The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops, made up ...

In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, “What do you do?” WTOP’s series “Working Capital” profiles the people doing the work that makes the region unique. Some people ...

Washington, DC, to Remove 'Black Lives Matter' Painting From Street Near White House, Mayor Says WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black ...

Dr. Amy Gais is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Comparative Literature and Thought at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of The Coerced Conscience (Cambridge ...