One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

If there is one general that could be considered as having single-handedly lost the Civil War for the Confederates, it’s John ...

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

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...

The Kankakee Valley Historical Society will share that and other stories of the Northwest Indiana's contribution to the Civil War this weekend. “The Civil War Comes to Northwest Indiana” will take ...

A local filmmaker is holding open screenings of his original documentary, about Upstate New York’s role in the Underground ...

At the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden, a New Jersey pastor has made it his mission to honor the Black ...

Inside the B&O Railroad Museum, you'll find centuries' worth of railroad history. Much of it is also Black history.

Content warning: This piece includes an account of an apparent suicide.

Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful ...

Jim Fisk was born in Pownal, Vermont. His father was a peddler. When Jim was eight years old his family moved to Brattleboro.