The Trump administration is ordering national parks to remove a famous Civil War-era photo of an enslaved man’s scarred back, ...

The removal stems from Executive Order 14253, signed on March 27, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.

In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, two Baton Rouge photographers captured an image of a former slave's horrifically ...

The cleansing of our legacy of enslavement is in line with the enforced amnesia that used to be associated with authoritarian ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

The Trump administration’s censorship campaign has extended to the National Park Service. The White House has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits documenting American slavery, including a 1863 ...

State lawmakers on Friday advanced a plan that would allow California colleges to offer preferential admission to students ...

On Constitution Day, I am thinking about the 10th Amendment,' writes a Norwalk professor of history and political science.

Slavery caused the Civil War. More exactly, the economics of slavery caused the Civil War. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley made news last month when she was asked at a New Hampshire town ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked at a New Hampshire town hall about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn’t mention slavery in her response. She walked ...

ANKENY, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis slammed opponent Nikki Haley for giving "a really incomprehensible word salad" answer when she was asked in New Hampshire what caused the ...

David W. Blight, one of the country’s foremost authorities on slavery and the Civil War, will lead a course exploring the intertwined and lasting legacies of the two as part of an annual Yale lecture ...