BRIAN LOCKHART On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces opened fire on the Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. Those were the first shots fired in the American Civil War, and ...

Railroads formed the backbone of America. Starting in the 1800s, trains hauled millions of pounds of freight and passengers daily from point A to point B.

Jimmy Stewart, the Academy Award winner and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, was one of them. Stewart's career began ...

Kings and Generals’ animated historical documentary series on early modern history and the United States continues with a new series on the Civil War, following their coverage of the American ...

In dealing with its Black citizens, America has acted not with the faithfulness of God but with the deceit of Laban.

America’s World War II generation is referred to as “The Greatest Generation.” But if one had to nominate a particular group ...

On February 26, 1775, residents of Salem, Massachusetts, banded together to force the British to withdraw from their town ...

The Academy Awards cap the weekend, and two local theaters have red carpet parties to celebrate. Or you can see the Des ...

Black books are the ultimate source to immerse ourselves in the resilience and wonderment of Blackness past and present.

Changes are coming to the Department of Education under the Trump administration and whether it closes or is significantly ...

The pattern we are seeing abroad mimics the pattern that we’ve been seeing at home. There is one standard of justice for ...

Since his first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) has been intrinsically connected to ...