Shortly before the Civil War, the escape of two enslaved Nebraska sisters led to a cross-country pursuit, making headlines nationwide and nearly sparking a riot in Chicago. Some see echoes of the saga ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's ...

Welcome to Greeneville, Tennessee – a town where fifty bucks stretches like carnival taffy on a hot summer day Greeneville’s historic downtown showcases church steeples and well-preserved architecture ...

This year, as America celebrates its 250th anniversary, Arizona is highlighting community-led events. In the first of a two-part series, reenactors recently descended on an abandoned mining town to ...

A Cobb County judge ruled that Marjorie Lyon, who took sole control of Myers’ property following his death, breached the ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson kept up his more than half-century-long fight for civil and human rights through his final years ...

By 1864, more than 12,000 surgeons had served in the Union army throughout the Civil War. Just 14 of them were Black. Historian Jill Newmark's 2023 book is the first-ever comprehensive exploration of ...

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More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing scale, spectacle, the war film and national history. One of the boldest ...

Andrew Tate says his life has been “destroyed” and believes he could end up in jail as he faces several legal problems across Europe and the UK. The social media star shared these claims while ...