Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026.

Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

John Ganson died in 1874 and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. His obituary stated that “He was a War Democrat, ...

Granting clemency would affirm our commitments to justice and human rights and to a vision of dignity and fairness for all.” ...

In 1888, struck by the number of orphans she was continuing to find around Atlanta, she founded the Carrie Steele Orphans Home.

Tennessee General Assembly passed immigration enforcement legislation that prohibits elected officials from voting for ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

History is more than what we learn in textbooks—it’s a living, breathing narrative that continues to shape the present. There ...

A discussion of the development of civil rights law in the US through the enactment of key legislation and formation of the ...

Charles Davenport Jr. ([email protected]) is a News & Record columnist. His article runs on the first Sunday of the ...