President Garfield died in this Jersey Shore town. What the Netflix series leaves out.

"They really missed an opportunity," a museum trustee said, of how Netflix series, "Death by Lightning" fails to mention Long ...
Family Destinations Guide

This Historic Town In West Virginia Will Make You Feel Like You’re In A Living Postcard

The site of Storer College, established after the Civil War to educate formerly enslaved people, represents an important chapter in the struggle for equality and opportunity. Though the college closed ...

Civil War general, Seneca leader posthumously admitted to New York State Bar

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer who served in President Ulysses S. Grant’s ...
Opinion

Slavery’s brutal reality shocked Northerners before the Civil War − and is being whitewashed today by the White House

“Until the pictures of the slave’s sufferings were drawn up and held up to public gaze, no Northerner had any idea of the cruelty of the system,” abolitionist Angelina Grimké wrote in her famous “ ...
The Christian Science Monitor

‘The First Eight’: Jim Clyburn reflects on Reconstruction, civil rights, and today

In this interview, Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina discusses the connection he sees between today’s politics and the ...