The tour will make stops at historically significant locations across Youngstown including Oak Hill Cemetery, The Rayen ...

Emancipation Day celebrates when Andrew Johnson freed his slaves on August 8, 1863. Sam Johnson, a former slave, set up the ...

Tennessee celebrates Emancipation Day on August 8, marking the day many enslaved Tennesseans learned of their freedom. While President Andrew Johnson freed his slaves, his legacy is complex due to his ...

This week in Akron history, a tavern keeper died, a famous daughter paid a visit, Goodyear prepared to expand and West Point ...

While the American Civil War was fought on U.S. soil between the Union and the Confederacy, its impact and significance resonated across the globe. Foreign governments, newspapers, and citizens ...

The 2025 Eighth of August festivities in Paducah will run through Sunday, several of them hosted by the W.C. Young Community ...

The event honored the day of Aug. 8, 1863, when Tennessee officially recognized President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation ...

The U.S. Postal Service is excited to announce the Stamp Encore Contest. To celebrate its 250th anniversary and gear up to ...

Florida has the highest rate of book challenges and restrictions in school and public libraries. Meanwhile, the owners of ...

HBO's "The Gilded Age" has explored what it was like for wealthy Black Americans in the late 1800s in New York City.

The relationship between Bourne and Bingham epitomized how a liberal arts education combined with life skills worked to make ...

The slaves had come to San Bernardino in 1852 with their owner, Robert Smith, part of the Mormon founding of the community. After the 800-mile trip to California from Utah, Smith set up a trading post ...