On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...

There are ideas aplenty in Roger Q. Mason and Lovell Holder’s 'Lavender Men,' but much of it gets bogged down in an overly ...

Americans celebrate an imperfect path toward a more perfect union.

While the 4th of July marked the independence of some during the early stages of the country’s history, many were excluded ...

A new exhibit is documenting the often untold stories of hundreds of African American men from Talbot County who fought for ...