It is fascinating to note that, notwithstanding his antisemitism, Sherman was a great admirer of Rose Eytinge (1835-1911), a Jewish-American actress and author who rose to become one of the most popul ...

While St. Luke’s has been in its current location since 1906, the church was first established near the end of the Civil War ...

During a CNN interview this week Duncan said during the Civil War President Abraham “Lincoln created the land grant system” for colleges like Tennessee State University. “President Ford brought in ...

This duo stands at the forefront of a dangerous potential that could propel Black Americans unto a societal landscape devoid of the hard-won rights and dignity they gained during the civil rights ...

Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...

The Tennessee Wars Commission, a division of the Tennessee Historical Commission, is responsible for administering grants through the Civil War Sites Preservation Fund.

Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...

The death toll in last week's massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as rescuers and an activist group said several hundred Muslims died while praying at mosques ...

Visitors to Acworth's historic Lemon House on Saturday were transported back to the Civil War era during the Save Acworth History Foundation's "Gen. Sherman Returns to Acworth" commemoration ...

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights has received a $500,000 gift from Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern Corporation. The freight transportation network and shipping company’s gift will ...