James Ferguson II, a pioneering Charlotte civil rights attorney whose landmark cases helped desegregate schools nationwide, died Monday at 82. An Asheville native, he co-founded North Carolina’s first ...

North Carolinians on Monday mourned the death of civil rights attorney James Ferguson, whose work helped desegregate schools ...

Nearly four months after the Office for Civil Rights closed, one parent says she still hasn’t heard from anyone about her case that was nearing an agreement. She said she’s been left with "little hope ...

Loxahatchee Seminole battlefield important, if uncomfortable, part of U.S., Florida history The celebration honoring the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the ...

The Anti-Masons were the first recognized third party. It was formed in 1828 in opposition to the Freemasons, a secret society. The disappearance of William Morgan, a former Mason who had threatened ...

Fear has long simmered among critics of President Nayib Bukele’s concentration of power in El Salvador. Now, a new wave of ...

Under pressure from the Trump administration, the National Park Service (NPS) removed historical context from signage that ...

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to include the 27th U.S. state.

Charlotte historians say impacts of the 1971 Supreme Court case Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education are still ...

So if there were to be a day that symbolized New Jersey’s place in the nation, it might be June 24, the day state officials had previously designated New Jersey Day. Or Dec. 18. Or even July 2, the ...

The joyful abandon of a friendship between two girls is the heart and soul of the poetic play “The Meeting Tree” by B. Elle ...

Interest in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation has exploded over the past month even as President Donald Trump ...