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 ...

Several Confederate grave markers and monuments in Stone Mountain were vandalized with red spray paint, prompting an investigation.

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

Confederate Memorial Day and Lee's birthday were enshrined in Florida law in 1895, 30 years after the end of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis Day was added in 1905. Does Florida recognize Robert E.

This is how it remained for nearly five years, during which there was an all-out war between the two countries ... The new country had its own President - Jefferson Davis, who served from 1861 ...

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 ...

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 ...