Republicans, that we today think of as supporting small government, back in the era ... after the Civil War. Final emancipation, final meaning to the promise of the first Reconstruction, doesn ...

After the Civil War, the father-son pair became a powerful force in creating and organizing Baptist Churches in Northwest Louisiana. Here is a little of their story. Carolina “Caroliner ...

The Reconstruction era and the period of economic growth it touched off remade the American nation in the late 19th century but are studied less deeply than the Civil ... after the war had no ...

Many Americans are proud of their ancestry, most being able to trace family trees back to a certain country, a certain event, ...

The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins released another prequel to the iconic franchise and in an earlier interview, talked ...

On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled, “Are ...

In 1865, the Civil War in America ended. The northern states had defeated the southern states. The years immediately after the war were known as the Reconstruction era. The Government changed the ...

It aims to provide a fresh, research-driven understanding of the Civil War era by exploring its full impact on the state — from Antebellum through Reconstruction. By focusing on the lived ...