When we hear mention of Harpers Ferry, John Brown’s raid to create a slave rebellion typically comes to mind. But Harpers Ferry's history is much deeper and full of surprises. The Union troops who ...

A confederate memorial to Robert E. Lee is now sitting in Marion Square, but questions have arisen about how the tribute to ...

CHARLESTON — In 2020, Marion Square said goodbye to one famous Southern leader and enslaver, John C. Calhoun. On Dec. 11, the downtown park welcomed another, Gen. Robert E. Lee. Five years after ...

Conservative figures have reignited one of their favorite culture wars: the removal of Confederate statues. Only this time, the statue MAGA is upset about is one that was removed more than five years ...

For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the Pentagon found a use for him. For more than a century, this Black soldier from ...

The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of ...

The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of ...

A statue honoring Civil Rights activist Barbara Rose Johns will be unveiled Tuesday on Capitol Hill, taking the spot upon which a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once stood. The statue will ...

Dec. 17 (UPI) --A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a Black teenage girl who protested segregation, has been unveiled at the U.S. Capitol, four years after Virginia selected the civil rights icon to ...