During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...
Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over Confederate heritage.
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
Defenders of Confederate monuments have argued that the statues ... But since the end of the Civil War, journalists at Black newspapers have told a different story. Despite meager financing and ...
The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now ...
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens celebrated Black History Month with an informative and inspiring guest speaking engagement on ...
A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...
The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...