In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

The German constitution outlaws the former Nazi swastika and other remnants as “symbols of anti-constitutional organizations.

The center will examine the long, arduous struggle for freedom and equality in America through exhibits, immersive media ...

Type Collection descriptions Archival materials Cartoons (humorous images) Citation Civil War Propaganda Scrapbooks, 1861, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Arrangement Collection ...

In the aftermath of two tragic wars perpetrated and rationalized on the socially constructed notion of “race” and racial ...

David Williams, . . New Press, $29.95 (594pp) ISBN 978-1-59558-018-4 This hefty but readable social history by a confessed disciple of Howard Zinn reframes the Civil War as a conflict not simply ...

Letter writers discuss minority leader’s floor speech, Juneteenth, Virginia’s Democratic ticket and Rep. Rob Wittman’s vote.

Rivalries are the lifeblood of college football. But their history is often inextricably intertwined with the history of our nation.

The poem that inspired the song, America the Beautiful, is 130 years old today, and it resonates more than ever.

Lighthouses have been fixtures along the SC coast for 2 centuries. Less than a dozen remain. Restoration is underway on the Hunting Island Lighthouse.

Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were released but a Randolph County native was executed.