The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

[Ms. Sadlier appears on screen again.] Rosemary Sadlier: The need for the Underground Railroad ended after the American Civil War. Tubman had been actively involved with the northern forces as a nurse ...

Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

Austin tiptoed through the Civil War. The major battlefields lay hundreds of miles away ... as well as the arrival of the first railroad from Houston on Christmas Day, 1871. The first rearranged ...

Mifflin Farm, a 79-acre site in Wrightsville, has a lot of history. The Farm includes the Mifflin House, which housed ...

Adapted from the novel and co-starring Ciarán Hinds and Odessa Young, the five-part limited series examines the harrowing experiences of an Australian Army medical officer during World War II and four ...

Civil rights leaders' alma maters include Ivy League institutions, state and private schools, and HBCUs. The Latest A California appeals court has ruled that a Kern County baker violated state law ...

A farm property that served as a documented Underground Railroad site and as a pivotal location in the Civil War battle will ...

We invited teenagers to write miniature memoirs about meaningful moments in their lives. Read the 20 winning stories. By The Learning Network This year’s Super Bowl was likely the biggest ...