A new law permits the D.C. Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved people.

In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

Dozens of fourth graders were asked to imagine they were slaves Thursday as they packed themselves into a small gallery at the Carnegie Center for the Visual Arts in Decatur. Jessica Emrick, exhibit ...

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to ...

New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to ...

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to ...

They offered shelter, provided food and finances, and took legal action against slavery. They also prepared ... was also pastor at the church in the 1860s.

The "long, lanky" man carrying the American flag on Decoration Day in May 1909 was a familiar sight at patriotic events in ...

How does one “prove” negative effects from slavery and Jim Crow laws from the ... children before moving to Mississippi in the late-1860s. He arrived in the state with only 75 cents to his ...