Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...

Kings and Generals begins a brand-new series on the American Civil War, starting with the crucial question: why did the South secede? This setup episode dives into the political, economic, and ...

In April, more than 200 Civil War and history enthusiasts from across the United States and Canada converged on the Andrew ...

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

The author is not the first scholar to tackle the history of America—as in the American continent, not just the United States ...

“The 1776 report,” Civil War historian Kevin Levin wrote,” views students as sponges who are expected to absorb a narrative ...

A T-shirt worn by Beyoncé during a Juneteenth performance on her “Cowboy Carter” tour has sparked a discussion over how ...

At 85, Fred Minus has turned his passion for history into an educational mission, performing reenactments of Union soldiers and giving lectures about the Black men, young and old, who served in the ...

California’s court fight to reign in the president's use of troops in Los Angeles now hangs on a 19th century law with grim ...

On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal ...

As legal experts have explained, the text of the amendment itself disproves Trump’s claim, which the court’s conservatives — ...

Among the Flying Tigers was Zhang Fengqi, believed to be the only woman to join the group and later lived in Shanghai, ...