Remembering The Civil Rights Movement in Marks, Mississippi”, by Joe Bateman and Cheryl Lynn Greenberg, (The University of Georgia Press: Athens), 280 pages, ...

With the dawn of Black History Month comes deep reflection, reverence and appreciation — regardless if your roots pay homage ...

The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...

Orange Park's Don Hillhouse, a "serious amateur" history researcher, scoured the National Archives for records of Union ...

Caroliner, Jackson’s father, later moved from South Carolina to Louisiana. It is not certain how Caroliner gained his freedom ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Books on slavery, the justice system, poverty and gender identity are among this year’s finalists for J.

DEI educator misread Oscar winner Morgan Freeman's message about Black History Month. Opinions like his help justify Black ...

Nearly 10 years ago, the New York University professor, historian and Pulitzer Prize winner was sitting in historic First Congregational Church, admiring a triptych of stained glass windows installed ...

Educator and historian Carter G. Woodson was the founder of what is now the Association for the Study of African American ...

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is like that cool older relative who has a million stories to tell and somehow makes learning ...

Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...

If you prefer your nights ghost-free (party pooper), the Gettysburg Hotel offers a more traditional – but no less historic – ...