Lincoln’s assassination, and the ineffectual leadership of his successor, Andrew Johnson, enabled the Congress to control ...

With Kamala Harris’s concession, America stands at a crossroads, deciding whether to return to the foundations of White ...

The Reconstruction era was one of the most consequential chapters ... In this light, it’s refreshing that, in their new book, ...

Cumberland Middle School students have researched the story of John Robinson and made the case for a historical marker.

St. John’s AME Church in Norfolk, Virginia was as a mission for free and enslaved Black Americans. During Reconstruction it was a center of Black community life in the Norfolk area. It remains an ...

The Reconstruction Era began in 1865 and promised to fulfill the needs of newly freed Black Americans, giving them everything necessary to situate themselves into the fabric of American society.

This election is a chance to unite. Keeping people apart has always been the oxygen that hate needs to survive.

The unusual stability of our constitutional system means we don’t think of our political orders in those terms — that’s for ...

“In the limited reconstruction period that we had, we did not have the luxury of figuring out ways to revitalize the city,” said a section head in the city government. “We had our hands ...

South Carolina is preparing to honor Robert Smalls, a former slave who became a prominent political leader, by erecting the first statue of an individual African American on its Statehouse lawn.

(AP video: Jeffrey Collins) A bust of Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American individual with a statue at the South Carolina Statehouse, is displayed Reconstruction Era National ...

As the Earth faces unprecedented climate change, a look into the planet's deep past may provide vital insights into what may ...