Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

The Abolitionists didn’t ask for the Civil War. They even tried to avoid one to preserve the Union. In 1856 they conceded to allowing slavery in the existing slave states but nowhere else.

The Civil War (1861-1865) is America’s bloodiest war to date. It cost close to 1,100,000 casualties and claimed over 620,000 lives. These lesson plans are based on History Detectives episodes ...

The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a conflict between the Union (North) and the Confederacy ... More and more people who wanted to end slavery, called abolitionists, ...

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

The American Civil War is a pivotal and ugly moment in American history, but it's more misunderstood than you would think. We're breaking down some myths about Lincoln, women soldiers, racist ...

There is an exciting new addition on display at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, ...

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

In the months since Trump's inauguration, the government has scrubbed and removed information about Black historical figures and other minorities from a number of its websites.

During the Civil War, abolitionists used pumpkins as the sign of moral farming and Northern virtue. Updated November 28, 2024. 5 min. ... an American custom and institution. ...

Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to undo the Civil War The 14th Amendment is rooted in the struggle for abolition. Jan. 29, 2025, 3:13 PM EST ...