Those simple words are inscribed in large letters on the wall of the Carter Center in Atlanta. More than a fitting epitaph for President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, who died Dec. 29. Truth, law and ...

The ordinance dictated the rules for territories to become states and required that, as a necessity of “good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever ...

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White ...

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag.