“History really is stories,” said Tim Jacobs, an active member of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County and the ...

The Southern secession from 1861-65 is portrayed as a “lost cause” by supporters and an act of evil by its detractors. Murray ...

After 27 years of enjoying the little house sparrows that lived in my huge pine tree, watching them rush to the feeder or splash in the bird bath, I went to fill the bird feeder, and it was still full ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.

Blackburn testified that he knew of families in his neighborhood that were kicked out of their churches in front of entire congregations because of their political affiliations.

Some people (fewer every decade) put a little sticker inside the front cover of books they own. It's called a "bookplate," ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Targeted by the FBI, Rustin became a ...

Dikembe Mutombo's basketball legacy, Building confidence and determination, Blending life with basketball wisdom. McDonald's Salutes Faces of Black History 2025 ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he won’t take part in U.S.-Russia talks this week on ending the war in Ukraine and will not accept the outcome of t ...

Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...