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

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

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, ...

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 ...

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.

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...