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

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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 ...

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St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia, is a paradise of beaches, golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and nature ...

On Monday, as President Donald Trump’s inauguration coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, some of the president’s most ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Yet, Alabama and Mississippi will instead celebrate Robert E. Lee, a symbol of the confederacy and its ...

Mississippi officially commemorates both Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It's beyond time the state stops ...

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, ...