1928—The Atlanta Daily World be­gins publication as the first Black dai­ly newspaper in modern times. It was founded by William A. Scott III. Amaz­ingly, the first Black daily newspaper in history—the ...

Wikimedia Commons/Taterian Belle Boyd, Civil War Spy Most teenage girls don’t shoot federal soldiers on the Fourth of July.

After two years being named after the late Texas Gen. Richard Cavazos, the sprawling Central Texas Army post that the general ...

Wikimedia Commons/Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, National Park Service “The war began in my front yard and ...

Richmond locals have mastered the art of navigating their river city while dodging tourists in Confederate flag gear ask ...

Emmanual Dabney, a park ranger for the Petersburg National Battlefield, walks through this bloody, racially charged battle on ...

Discover how Alexander Gilmer, an Irish immigrant, became a leading Texas lumber and shipping magnate after overcoming early ...

At least six people have been killed in clashes between longstanding allies South Sudan and Uganda near their shared border, ...

Off the side of a lonesome dirt road in Coastal Georgia, a group of African American residents came together to build a church. It was small and modest with a cross outside — a beacon for the weary.