The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

The move echoes a decades-old fight over religion in government, reigniting memories of Moore’s defiant stand in the early ...

Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven, ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, better known as the NAACP, has a long history, working since 1909 to advance justice and equality for African Americans. It was ...

Although no Civil War battles took place in Rhode Island, a hospital in Portsmouth, Rhode Island played a large role in ...

photo (Marine Corps.) June 1944. Library of Congress ... day sea and air battle off the coast of Saipan. It would go down as one of the biggest carrier battles of World War II.

A federal judge said the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program for federal workers could move forward, allowing the White House to advance a critical part of its plan to reduce the ...

The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...

Judge Coughenour’s order marks the beginning of what will almost certainly be a long battle between the new ... In 1995, Mr. Dellinger told Congress that a law limiting birthright citizenship ...

The story of Black History Month begins in 1915. At this time, scholar Carter G. Woodson founded what today is called the ...

Charlotte Museum of History will honor Black farmers in Mecklenburg History during the African American Heritage Festival.

Learn the gripping story of how women won the right to vote and opened the door to future battles for civil rights. The year 2020 marks ... The ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress ...