Remembering The Civil Rights Movement in Marks, Mississippi”, by Joe Bateman and Cheryl Lynn Greenberg, (The University of Georgia Press: Athens), 280 pages, ...

Tyler Perry's most-watched Netflix film has revealed the hidden history of WWII's only all-black, all-woman battalion with Maryland ties.

During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die ...

Fort Concho will celebrate Buffalo Soldier Heritage Day from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday as part of Black History Month. ...

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...

Just weeks before Charleston fell 160 years ago today, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. And now, in the very city that had championed the cause of bondage, formerly ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

Did you know that Confederate Missouri leaders actually moved to Shreveport and then Marshall, Texas, to establish the ...