Civil War “Reconstruction” as a time when well-meaning Republicans tried to aid newly-freed slaves who were being oppressed ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

All these moves are supposedly justified by the idea that the federal government does not play a legitimate role in education ...

Bowie State University, Maryland's oldest Historically Black College and University, got its start in Baltimore.

Deterring Russia from re-invading Ukraine, once this war ends, could require 150,000 troops and American help with air cover, ...

AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY CLASS: The Howland Library Branch, 9095 East Market St., will offer an African American Genealogy class 3 p.m. Tuesday for adults. Learn to trace your family history using ...

Villanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly ...

Feb. 7 at 7 p.m., the Athens Film Festival and Athens Historical Society came together at Morton Theatre to present a ...

No one knows precisely how Trump's challenge to the Department of Education will affect schools, but the stakes involve nearly $1B in federal funding for SC.

In recognition of Black History Month in February, Fort Bend County Libraries will present a family-history research program on the "The Freedmen's Bureau & Freedman's Bank Records" on Wednesday, Febr ...

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...