The truth behind the myths America still protects.

Many Americans carry misconceptions about the Civil War and slavery, shaping their understanding of history and its ongoing impact. Myths about why the war was fought, who fought it, and the realities ...

A living historian brings the past to life for contemporary Americans by portraying historical figures at public events such as our long-defunct Heritage Days festival. Such a person visited my ...

The Trump administration is reviewing Smithsonian exhibits on slavery and other topics to reflect certain values. Alex Wong/Getty Images Long before the first shots were fired in the Civil War, ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan provided introductory remarks to begin her lecture on the state's decision to keep slavery or abolish ...

Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley did not cite slavery as a cause of the American Civil War on Wednesday night when a town hall attendee asked her what she thought led to the bloody conflict. The ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. Depicting a crisscross of welts and scars streaked ...

The best kept secret in US history is the resistance of southerners, and especially southern non-slaveholding whites, to the slaveholders during the Civil War. W.E.B. Du Bois, in the chapter “The ...

After Grant was voted in to succeed Johnson, he appointed Longstreet as the surveyor of customs for New Orleans. Governor ...