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

This week marks the anniversary of the greatest battle in the United States’ Civil War. That battle, at Gettysburg, was ...

Political violence poses an existential threat to our nation and our freedoms—but it’s not too late.

Powell is the Chief of Interpretation at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. It’s the site of the second major battle of the ...

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

Trump’s nomination of Emil Bove to be a federal judge has sparked a larger battle within the conservative legal movement.

On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal ...

Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The Trump-appointed director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has ignited an intragovernmental civil war with a series of tweets calling for the resignation of the Federal Reserve chair.

High court’s decision fuels uncertainty about whether babies born to immigrants lacking legal immigration status will be ...

How have our shared visions of American ideals influenced the meaning of patriotism? How has this definition evolved over ...