Carter G. Woodson, who started the precursor to Black History Month, wrote of Cincinnati’s Black history before the Civil War ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff thanks to a gesture of good will from Yankees to the Old South in 1913 ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

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

Kentucky's Secrets Dug Up! Join the History Seekers Team on an exhilarating journey as we delve into Kentucky's rich history, unearthing hidden treasures from the Civil War era.

Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

Below is an abbreviated history of everyday objects purchased during the Civil War Era. It was shared by Historian James Ayers, and taken from a 1939 Catskill Mountain News.

From the site of Durham’s Black Wall Street, where Black-owned businesses thrived, to the site of the state’s oldest ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

No other president, Republican or Democrat, has ever used a Black History Month proclamation for such crass self-promotion.” ...