In an unusual trial, the N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school board’s “racist intent” by proving that the names of Robert E ...

The cartoonish Hey Reb! mascot drew criticism for its perceived allusion to slavery and the Confederacy. The university ...

Tennessee teen Dixie Remp got bullied and mocked so badly for her first name — linked to the Confederacy, slavery and the ...

As voters clamor for change, a new generation of Pelosis, Kennedys, Kings and other powerful families are stepping up to keep ...

The church was the starting point for the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches in 1965. Nearly a quarter of the trail’s ...

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing earlier this year in June, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) pressed Defense ...

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How Abraham Lincoln and a magazine illustrator elevated Christmas to a national holiday, and used it to win the Civil War.

When you first think of Paducah, Kentucky, it might not seem like the type of place to make a travel bucket list. But this ...

More than 20 dozen cats and dogs got new homes over the holidays in a Charleston Animal Society (CAS) adoption campaign that ...

In 1428, during the Siege of Orléans, French and English forces stopped fighting their Hundred Years’ War to celebrate ...

The young United States marched west, confident of victory. At the Wabash, Native warriors united and delivered the republic ...