Panel advises Illinois commemorate its role in helping slaves escape the South
In the decades leading up to the Civil War, fearless throngs defied prison or worse to secretly shuttle as many as 7,000 ...
Black Civil War soldier finally gets proper military burial — after star NYC journo family spends 15 years tracking down unmarked grave
Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his ...
Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins
Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” ...
How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day
O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...
Haake: We already fought a civil war over letting states decide
I still believe Jefferson and Washington, though flawed, were highly evolved for their time. I also believe that if every ...
Racism is such a touchy topic that many US educators avoid it – we are college professors who tackled that challenge head on
American educators are naturally intimidated and, at times, discouraged by the huge task before them. Yet race and racism are key components of American history. Understanding this history illuminates ...
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Fort Worth Civil War museum, criticized by some and beloved by others, shutters
“It’s such a touchy subject, I think people shy away from it.” Social studies curricula in Texas public schools only began ...
The burden of command
Men, even great men, are not built from marble but from flesh and blood.