Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor.” The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) notes that the theme sets out to highlight and celebrate the ...

Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.

Do you know the story of the Richmond-born man who rose to be one of the nation's most prominent Black actors during the 1920s and the Harlem Renaissance? You may have already heard his name without ...

Stacker used Census data and other sources to explore the history of Black Wall Streets and their legacy in present-day Black ...

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series continues with a new deep dive into the American Civil War, ...

If the Trump administration changes Virginia Army posts, it would be a dishonor 'to real people who were deserving of respect ...

Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond ... served in the Virginia legislature during Reconstruction and in the 1867 state convention. The speaker said Marsh was “a civil rights giant ...

The world premiere musical by Joe DiPietro, Daniel J. Watts and Crystal Monee Hall will feature contemporary music and ...

An artifact of a $10 Confederate States of American note printed in Richmond vividly illustrates the undeniable role that ...

An open-minded rethinking of how the 12,500-seat Coliseum might be renovated, promoted, managed and financed could make the ...

Huff, Confederate veteran, and a graduate of the old Winchester Medical College, which was located here prior to the Civil ...

During the Civil War, in July 1862 when the Army of the Potomac was in camp, Brig. Gen. Daniel Butterfield summoned Pvt. Oliver Wilcox Norton, his brigade bugler, to his tent. Butterfield, who ...