Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...

The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black ...

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

In August, Austin, the son of David and Elizabeth Ingall of Temperance, learned he was one of just 10 U.S. students selected for the annual Youth Leadership Team by the American Battlefield Trust.

It’s impossible for the Smithsonian to truthfully tell the American story without mentioning racism, sexism and other forms ...

A church in a historic New Jersey town was being restored for a theater company's use. Contractors found a letter from 1891 ...

Through their collective achievements, these extraordinary women created lasting foundations for social justice, equality, ...

What is woke? It is an adjective of African American vernacular meaning “aware of discrimination,” similar to the general ...

A new executive order from President Donald Trump targets the Smithsonian, which has social media users enraged at his attack ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, mandating the removal of what he calls ...