From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...

This month, America honors Black history. Unfortunately, our nation’s schoolchildren aren’t being taught much about the subject. A recent UCLA study found that more than half of states have taken ...

Civil rights activists failed to expel an all-white, segregationist delegation. But their efforts foreshadowed later milestones in the fight for equality Samuel G. Freedman - Author, Into the Bright ...