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

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.

Leading historians aim to restore and grow respect for enslaved people and their descendants on Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in America.

Biden removed the names of Confederate generals from nine Army installations. Trump has restored those Confederate names, but ...

The ability of the media to portray brutal repression of the Southern African Americans, and in parallel, speeches by Civil ...

The Georgia branch of the Sons of Confederate Veterans says plans for the exhibit at Memorial Hall violate state law.

Students spent a week touring Underground Railroad sites in Camden and Lawnside and taking photographs to learn about the ...

When we retreat from reasoned, evidence-based scholarship on important subjects like science or history, the online fever ...

Labor and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph initially rejects a plea by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to call off the ...

A single T-shirt was enough for fans to turn on Beyoncé during the Paris leg of her Cowboy Carter tour. After her first show ...