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Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall called for an end to Confederate Memorial Day in South Carolina. Here, he shares emails from ...
What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly ...
Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes it’s that time of year again, when South Carolina and eight of the state’s 46 counties ...
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday gave final passage to legislation that will make Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the end of slavery after the Civil War, an official state holiday.
Natchez also is home to several historic churches, art galleries, restaurants and live music venues, plus the Magnolia Bluffs ...
Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged ...
South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...
History is, at its root, a grand painting of human nature in all its ugly colors and forms, a Greek tragedy that shows us at ...
History teachers are feeling the pinch of politics, and the latest rhetoric from the White House isn’t helping. “We feel so ...
Pittsburgh author Edda Fields-Black won the Pulitzer Prize this week for “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, ...
RHS teacher Donna Avino and local historian and artist Bill Batson teamed up to create the Rockland County Civic Survey Project.
While the Trump administration tries to downplay matters of race and racism in US history, the minister of a Providence ...