Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...

Along Lyons View Pike sit three representations of Knoxville's Black history – the former Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and ...

Charles Davenport Jr. ([email protected]) is a News & Record columnist. His article runs on the first Sunday of the ...

1 Why is it important for older Americans to understand the contributions of the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War? A ... was ratified in December 1865 — but going back to ...

miniature timeline of railroad history. From Civil War-era railroads traveling through mountainous terrain to streetcars and subways in a modern metropolis, with intricately detailed houses and ...

The timeline for the first part of the Horizon ... Chapter 2's finale brings us to the end of the American Civil War, ending in 1865 as the saga looks forward to the third installment in the ...

In 1861 serfdom, the system which tied the Russian peasants irrevocably to their landlords, was abolished at the Tsar’s imperial command. Four years later, slavery in the USA was similarly declared ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.