"When you are an undocumented immigrant, celebrating the Fourth of July is to resist being defined by fear and panic." ...

Photo: Getty Images North America Over 200 years after Frederick Douglass questioned “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July ...

To celebrate the Fourth of July, the Village Voice takes a look at Frederick Douglass's powerful 1852 anti-slavery oration.

Over 200 years after Frederick Douglass questioned “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” in an act of resistance to Independence Day, Black Americans are still grappling with how to celebrate ...

The annual Juneteenth holiday observes the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. It marks the day ...

The 4th of July is a federal holiday in the United States that commemorates the Continental Congress’s signing of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

John Adams, a founder of the United States and its second president, privately expressed doubts that the republic would ...

Participating in the event were such organizations as the Tampa Bay History Center, the Historic Hernando Preservation ...