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In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...
Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...
Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America.
David A. Jacinto will discuss the second book in his Courageous Series, “Where Eagles Fly Free,” at two upcoming local book ...
The Vietnam War lasted from 1955 to 1975, with America’s military involvement in the 1960s and 1970s being what many remember ...
Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...
James,” by Percival Everett won the fiction prize, and Jason Roberts received the biography prize for “Every Living Thing.” ...
Metal detecting enthusiasts are uncovering incredible Civil War relics, shedding light on history in unexpected ways. From ...
Roosevelt and Germany and Japan won World War II. The book was later adapted into an ... like Russian tanks making it to an American battlefield in just months, are well-illustrated.
The Hamilton and Grant biographer, out with a new study on Mark Twain, speaks to VF about the best and worst of the iconic ...
Edda Fields-Black won the prize for her book 'COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the ...