She then channeled those experiences as a scout, spy and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War, helping guide 150 ...

Harriet Tubman was posthumously commissioned as brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard at a Veteran’s Day ceremony.

Sudan's civil war has displaced 10 million citizens. Here are profiles of two young people from the most vulnerable groups: ...

Did you know that just decades after the Civil War, a multi-racial political alliance won control of North Carolina? In the ...

The first report of the Klan around here came in a brief article in the county paper in the 1930s. At a small country church, ...

Dozens gathered on Veterans Day at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park in Maryland's Dorcester County for a ...

DECADE OF DISUNION: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War. By Robert W. Merry. Simon and Schuster.

The trailblazing abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad will be posthumously commissioned as a one-star ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

From agriculture to racial relations and politics, the Sea Islands Hurricane of 1893 had far-reaching impacts.