Although Donald Trump won Wyoming by a wider margin than any other state in the 2024 presidential election, Equality State ...

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A bone-stock Chevrolet Corvette C8 leaped over a dirt ramp, clearing the landing by a few inches, despite going slower than ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

State College commemorated the sixth year of its Juneteenth celebration with the theme "Juneteenth: Our Freedom, Our Fight, Our Future." ...

It's important for me to see all cultural institutions double down on their values,” said Multicultural BRIDGE founder and ...

Barry McNealy, a historian with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, joined the CBS 42 Morning News to discuss the importance of Juneteenth.

Chiefly, the celebration of Juneteenth grew from the profound experiences that day when many learned of their freedom. From that freedom, it grew out of the surmounting challenges that lay ahead. And ...

The first Juneteenth was held in Galveston the next year. Celebrations were low-key affairs, often kept to church gatherings and community events. Despite gaining their freedom, the lot of Black ...

Fitz Lee grew up in Dinwiddie County, received the Medal of Honor for bravery during wartime and died of health issues ...

Finally, on June 19, 1865, more than two months after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia and nearly 2½ years after the Emancipation ...

Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 in this painting, titled "Let Us Have Peace" by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris.