Most Americans think of Abraham Lincoln in hagiographic terms, the man who “saved” the United States from destruction. A ...

By Texas law, for instance, “a teacher, administrator, or other employee of a state agency, school district, or ...

Only one copy of a single issue still exists. In fact, one of the only things known about the Messenger is that in 1921, the white-dominated Charlottesville Daily Progress reprinted a Messenger ...

Woodrow Wilson — 28th president, proponent of the League of Nations and a leader of the early 20th century Progressive ...

Why do we study history? Some study it as a way to confirm their own political ideologies, something that often happens when ...

Let’s set aside for a moment the questions of the legality and constitutionality of Trump’s action and ask instead: Where did ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...

Southern Democrats fought the American Civil War to protect slavery from President Abraham Lincoln and the newly-formed ...

A federal civil lawsuit filed against Shenandoah County school leaders over it's decision to rename two schools after ...

I remember going to Stone Mountain with my grandma Kay when I was growing up in DeKalb County. She loved the fudge, and we both enjoyed the train. Even as a child, I felt uncomfortable and confused by ...

A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit over Shenandoah County school names to move forward and the parties to go into mediation.

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern identity through tumultuous battles and ...