In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

July 5 has long been a historic day in Carthage, as residents remember an early battle of the Civil War, which happened here ...

Before the Independence Day fireworks this week, try this short quiz on America’s popular books published during the ...

The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

Edda L. Fields-Black is the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, and the author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the ...

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) have evolved dramatically over time, transforming from rudimentary systems of transport to ...

What started as an effort to promote racial unity in Edenton by reconsidering its most prominent downtown symbol has done the ...

Occurrences and actions from our past are often debated and used as a foundation upon which values, beliefs and future paths ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.