After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...

An hour's drive west of New Orleans, the Whitney Plantation is Louisiana's first museum dedicated exclusively to the history of slavery. The tour and exhibits focus on the transatlantic slave ...

A jury reached a verdict Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 29) on a First Amendment case filed by environmental justice activist Joy ...

Whitney Plantation is one of the most unique plantations in the ... Not too far down the road, in Gibland, you can check out the Bonnie and Clyde Museum which is full of exhibits and artifacts about ...

I went to the Whitney Plantation Museum to see if America is ready to reckon with its past. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed a ruling that the college wrestler’s racially charged trial was ...

Stephens' formal title will be "his excellency" and people informally will refer to him for the rest of his life as Mr. Ambassador. He will work out of the American Embassy in the Nine Elms ...

Curator Adrienne Edwards pulls the curtain back on honoring the world-renowned, iconic choreographer through “Edges of Ailey” ...

Preservationists are pushing to landmark parts of a uniquely shaped Upper East Side building that once housed the Whitney Museum and MET Breuer before auction house Sotheby’s takes over the space.

Disco inferno! The Whitney Art Party returned in full force last night, courtesy of a “Studio 99” theme harkening to the glitzy days of disco. This year’s soirée gathered a massive crowd to support ...

The Estate Whim Plantation Museum chronicles the lives of the people who lived and worked on the 18th-century Estate Whim plantation. It's the only sugar plantation museum in the Virgin Islands.