O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

These warriors came to embody Black Civil War service ... Fourth gloried in the regiment's performance. After receiving ...

In addition to her work leading slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, Tubman headed reconnaissance parties and ...

Three years later, after a speaking tour of England ... would last into the Civil War. Frederick Douglass would continue his active involvement to better the lives of African Americans.

The UK-produced film is based on Douglass’ first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American ...

A governor, generals and scores of veterans were on hand to see Harriet Tubman posthumously became a one-star, brigadier ...

That vision, and President Abraham Lincoln’s prospects for reelection and victory, were far murkier before the Confederate defeat at Atlanta than after it ... learn not only about the Civil War but ...

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The three-bedroom, three-bathroom house near Dupont Circle was at the time owned by a founder of the NAACP ...

A history course created amid the upheaval of the Black Lives Matter movement invites students to have honest conversations ...

There’s so many great things about being Black, but one of the most powerful is our resilience. In times of trouble and ...