In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...

One theory was a worker "got done plowing one evening. He just leaned up against a tree, went home and the next day he went ...

Theophile T. Allain, who helped​​ to establish Southern University in New Orleans in 1880, believed in building alliances between the races.

In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...

Hayner Library talk decodes messages in Underground Railroad spirituals ...

Jeffrey Rosen, lawyer and U.S. Constitution scholar, has written the second book in a series of constitutional contemplations, “The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting ...

A 170-year-old hotel in downtown Selma, Alabama, was set for demolition before preservationists realized the value of its ...

Haunted Hampton Roads has gone from the Oceanfront out to the countryside in Surry County and now, to the edges of the ...

A four-phase housing development by Quality Homes is being constructed around Hodge Cemetery, which contains graves from 1851 ...

In Richlands, Civil War History Center Educational director, Dr. Michael McElreath and history professors from Appalachian State University and University of North Carolina - Wilmington led ...