Roots and Realities will have its opening reception on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m., featuring a conversation with Farris and ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt promised the American people a “New Deal,” and President John F. Kennedy declared America ...

Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Will that change?

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon ... of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. South Carolina marks Confederate ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also ...

Sherman, who had taken Atlanta in September, intended to defeat the Confederacy by inflicting on its heartland the terrible consequences of a war the ... Gen. Jefferson Columbus Davis, who ...

(AP) — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights ... Confederate President Jefferson Davis. South Carolina marks ...