What is the historical significance of Sen. Barack Obama's success? Offering their perspectives are Bryan Monroe, editorial director of Ebony and Jet magazines, and Dr. Mary Frances Berry, professor ...

Two former U.S. presidents, one former first lady and noted historians, authors, academics and journalists gathered Saturday at the Academy Museum for a History Talks event that looked at moments of ...

President Obama made history in his inaugural address, mentioning gay rights. Jan. 21, 2013— -- President Obama made history in his inaugural address today mentioning the word "gay" and the issue ...

President Obama proposed that the new National Museum of African-American History and Culture could foster unity in the midst of protests and racial tensions, even as it memorialized the historic ...

BADALING, China (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama took a walk alone on the Great Wall on Wednesday, wrapping up a visit to China with a visit to the ancient fortifications that symbolize the ...

DENVER -- When this campaign ends, after future presidents have come and gone, and when today's young people are grown old, history will remember Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, as the day a black man ...

Former President Barack Obama speaks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Gabriella Demczuk for WSJ) Former President Barack Obama received a massive reception Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON ― Casting himself as “a skinny kid with a funny name” instantly made a barely 40-something Barack Obama a star. The future president won over the heart of swing voters on the Democratic ...

This week brought another reminder that the political careers of President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama will forever be inextricably linked. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi ...