We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff thanks to a gesture of good will from Yankees to the Old South in 1913 ...

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

Once the arsenal of the Confederacy and a manufacturer of shells during both World Wars, Tredegar ceased operations for good ...

"By finding these names, we are releasing them to give back these enslaved people some of their dignity," said Sarah Bader-King, executive director of the John Wornall House Museum.

The first shots of the trade war between the United States and Canada have been fired. Whether it escalates beyond the ...

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The history of the American presidency is steeped in racism, ...

Coming to terms with this reality will allow us to strengthen and maximize the full power and potential of our nation—the one dedicated to the proposition of equality.

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

The Lincoln County Genealogical Society will host “Civil War Field Medicine” presentation at its monthly meeting on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 11 a.m. at the Toledo Public Library, 173 NW ...

The great Russian literary genius Alexander Pushkin dies on this day as a result of a duel. He is generally considered Russia’s great­est poet. Unlike many famous Euro­peans of color, Pushkin was ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...