Why did North and South go to war with each other in 1861? The standard narrative is that slavery caused the war while more ...

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William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

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The United States - champion of liberal democracy, cradle of individual freedom and standard-bearer of civil liberties - is ...

The driving force on Capitol Hill is cowardice, as both GOPers and Dems confess to fear of violence. It wasn't always that ...

Wikimedia Commons/bnbnhjt The 1939 Marian Anderson Easter Concert (Washington, D.C.) On April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson sang ...

By this Declaration, Americans asserted their unwillingness to be serfs or vassals to an unaccountable ruler, but rather as ...

Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.

Lincoln Riley and the USC Trojans landed a huge commitment as four-star receiver Luc Weaver announced his pledge to the program on Saturday.