The Senate had passed the Amendment on April 8, 1864. Ganson, who was born in Le Roy, represented the 30th Congressional ...

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 ...

On Feb. 1, 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened in New York City for its first session. Only three of the six justices were ...

Valentine's Day is on Friday, February 14! The best part is that it falls on the Friday before a long weekend, so make sure ...