Although no Civil War battles took place in Rhode Island, a hospital in Portsmouth, Rhode Island played a large role in ...

Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

Coming to terms with this reality will allow us to strengthen and maximize the full power and potential of our nation—the one dedicated to the proposition of equality.

Today, the unincorporated community of Oakville, with its ancient mounds, is known as a quiet place to walk and listen to the birds, but for several decades between the founding ...

With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...

A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...

Former Rep. Charles Rangel of New York introduced resolutions, highlighting alleged injustices against the former civil rights leader in 2004. Jamaican born African American nationalist Marcus ...

The deal, due to take effect a day before Donald Trump becomes US president, offers hope of a ending a brutal war that has become the deadliest chapter in the decades-long history of the Israeli ...

Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been leading the army during Sudan's 21-month civil war The US government has imposed sanctions on the head of Sudan's army and de facto president, Gen Abdel Fattah ...