Can it be a Detroit spa destination?

The opening shot of the Civil War was fired on Fort Sumter, 4:30 a.m. April 12, 1861.

Disputed remains were the right height and age and showed injuries consistent with the general’s life. There was just one catch: “The skeleton looked very female.”

He was Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the first airstrike against the Japanese homeland, an event that buoyed Americans still reeling from Pearl Harbor.

A woman kidnapped from West Africa by slave traders lived until 1937 in Alabama, researchers say.

Why is Donald Trump deliberately picking a fight with the ghost of John McCain? By H. Bruce Franklin.

A Tale of Colonial Cover-ups, Wars, and Witch-Finding. By Equanimous Rex.

So its author published a “key” to what’s true in the novel

Abolitionists used a daguerreotype of Mary Mildred Williams, a light-skinned black girl born into slavery, to win over potentially sympathetic white Americans during the 19th century.

Meet eight abolitionists who helped fugitive slaves escape to freedom.

The crowdfunding campaign aims to restore Michigan Negro League relic for baseball, soccer, cricket and community use, a release said.

The marker was dedicated on March 3, 2008, 149 years after the slave auction occurred

A colossal painting, once claimed to depict a Confederate victory, has carried an evolving meaning. Now, a spectacular restoration at the Atlanta History Center unravels its complex tale.

Matt Stoller reflects on our love for Hamilton and why liberals came to embrace one of our most dangerously reactionary founders.

Ultimately, Robert E. Lee fought for the preservation of slavery, James A. Gagliano says. For that, there can be no equivocation. And removing homages to slavery's defenders sets us on the right path.

Henry W. Grady wanted to promote northern investment in the South – and he was willing to ignore lynchings and the exploitation of black labor.

A writer explores the nation’s divide over its Civil War past. He finds that some Confederate monuments cannot be moved.

He walked into a store and it changed civil rights. That crumbling store has come to symbolize the struggle to address the nation’s racial violence.

Tom Clavin’s “Wild Bill” details the life of a legendary gunfighter whose real name wasn’t even Bill.

How Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America.