Test your knowledge of American history! See if you can identify 7 famous Americans and their major accomplishments, ...

It was no accident that Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. That act shifted the meaning of ...

The Equal Justice Initiative’s historical sites in Montgomery, Alabama, show what’s possible when history isn’t subject to ...

King said his dream was ‘deeply rooted in the American dream’ — a dream ‘that one day this nation will rise up and live out ...

Freewoods Farm, a Myrtle Beach-area living history project, will soon be run by the 1890 Research and Extension program at ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” address at 1963’s March on Washington is perhaps the most famous speech in ...

After Grant was voted in to succeed Johnson, he appointed Longstreet as the surveyor of customs for New Orleans. Governor ...

Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, is widely regarded as Americas first self-made female millionaire. An African ...

Son of a Baptist preacher, grandson of a Baptist preacher, great-grandson of a Baptist preacher, King viewed Baptist identity ...

After buying his own liberty, the Marylander covertly assisted conductors on the Underground Railroad, including Harriet ...

After the Battle of Gettysburg ended, 43-year-old Basil Biggs, a prominent member of the black community in the once-thriving ...

Abraham Lincoln, America's 16th President, guided the nation through its most challenging period, the Civil War. He ...