Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series continues with a new series on the American Civil War, following ...

Known today as the “Black Belt,” the southeastern United States was once covered by an ancient sea—one that continues to ...

Redlands’ Lincoln Memorial Shrine will present historian Megan Kate Nelson, author of the 2020 book “The Three-Cornered War: ...

Christopher George uncovered a late 19th-century Civil War presentation sword in the attic of his historic family home, ...

The McAfee House, a pre-Civil War home in Cobb County, was listed for sale at one dollar, with the condition that the buyer ...

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

Early Life and Enslavement: Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, into slavery. His mother, who was also enslaved, worked in a wealthy household, and Smalls’ early life was ...

Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains for all Americans. It’s not the first time such a backlash has happened.

Black history ... American History”). The first issue of the journal was published in January 1916, and led off with an essay by Woodson himself called, “The Negroes of Cincinnati Prior to the ...

Hazlet's land use board voted against approving a variance that critics said would let a builder possibly disturb the ...

The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction will use local stories to tell “the truth with all ...