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Dr. Vincent Venturini has produced a courageous, well-written, well-documented and well-sourced book on the lifespan of Arabelle Daniel of Jackson.
In this episode, we visit the historic Port Gibson Civil War battlefield for the very first time with our Minelab Equinox 800 detectors. Buried beneath the Mississippi soil for over 160 years, these ...
Award-winning Civil War historian William Marvel looks at the seeming revival of Confederate military efforts in the first half of 1864, despite devastating reverses incurred during the previous year, ...
President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and ...
Kendrick Lamar, Ledisi and others are creating the soundtrack for this cultural inflection point and for the legacy of ...
Labor and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph initially rejects a plea by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to call off the ...
Jay Gibson started running marathons 20 years ago. Now, he’s one of just a few thousand to run one in every state.
Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States, has been celebrated at the White House each June ...
The Juneteenth proclamation said that slaves were free from bondage, but were not going to be allowed to leave their owners.
These are the top tier book to film adaptations, but with The Godfather only at number 4, who will get the top spot?
In his files at Washington University, among Missouri’s Communist Party materials, William “Bill” Sentner kept a collection ...
Syracuse's own Juneteenth celebrations date back decades, with local Black communities calling it "our Fourth of July." ...