FBI says it found 2,400 new JFK assassination records
The FBI says it's discovered 2,400 records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as federal agencies work ...
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Professor speaks on uneasy alliances in the Civil War
Chandra Manning took to the podium for her lecture “A Dangerous Time in a Perilous Place — Uneasy Alliances in Civil War Era ...
Kankakee Valley Historical Society teaches about life during Civil War
Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...
‘Revolutionary’: Projects uncover Kentucky’s Black history, one digital document at a time
More and more projects across Kentucky are uncovering Black history through historical documents, then putting them online ...
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From Revolution to Civil War: Citizens Help Decode American History
Thousands of volunteers work to decode handwritten records from America's past. The National Archives program includes ...
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Vernon County Museum Notes
February is Black History Month, and a great time to explore the history of African Americans in Vernon County. Today we’ll ...
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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
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Work underway to digitize Civil War markings at Brandy Station's Graffiti House
Crew on site in January collecting images for National Endowment for the Humanities project creating historic graffiti ...
Black abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet, who lived on Long Island, helped shape the country's views on slavery
A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...
A look back at the United States' checkered immigration history
In America's recent past, there have been other historic raids on immigrant communities to counter political and social ...
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Civil War and recognizing local black troops
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...
Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.