"So many of my assumptions about the world and how to better it were turned upside down." ...

A former slave who commandeered a Confederate warship and sailed his family to freedom, is one of the greatest American ...

WASHINGTON — A proposed constitutional amendment to limit the ability of a U.S. president to issue pardons or acts of clemency got a major boost this week. On Monday, the Pardon Integrity Act, first ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — History professor Gabor S. Boritt, a Hungarian immigrant to the United States who wrote widely about the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln, has died. He was 86.

Charlotte Symphony music director Kwamé Ryan should be used to making history with the orchestra by now. In doing so, Ryan became the first Charlotte Symphony music director to earn a Grammy ...

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Robert Duvall, who earned a lasting place in movie history for his roles in “The Godfather" and “Apocalypse Now," has died at ...

Charlotte Symphony music director Kwamé Ryan should be used to making history with the orchestra by now. When he was named its new conductor in 2023, he became the first person of color tapped to lead ...

The story of Robert Smalls stands as a powerful reminder that Black history is not a side note to the American story but is central to it.

Maestro Kwamé Ryan conducted himself into the history books Sunday as the first Charlotte Symphony music director to win a Grammy Award. Ryan won the Grammy for Best Opera Recording for the Houston ...

Born to a Cape Girardeau plantation, Mary Hunter Giboney Houck managed Elmwood, backed her husband’s railroads, aided Confederate veterans and helped found Cape’s DAR chapter.

Maestro Kwamé Ryan conducted himself into the history books Sunday as the first Charlotte Symphony music director to win a Grammy Award. Ryan also is the first music director of the 94-year-old ...