By Lauchlin Fields , LF Voices Collective Every family has a story, but many remain untold, hidden in old records, whispered among elders, or lost over time. As Vicksburg celebrates its 200th ...

Thousands of volunteers work to decode handwritten records from America's past. The National Archives program includes Revolutionary War pension files and Civil War documents.

A review of content taught at the Department of Defense Education Activity schools has resulted in restrictions of lessons on ...

A landlord with a keen interest in history has claimed he has uncovered evidence his pub may have existed at the time a ...

More and more projects across Kentucky are uncovering Black history through historical documents, then putting them online ...

February is Black History Month, and a great time to explore the history of African Americans in Vernon County. Today we’ll ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

Crew on site in January collecting images for National Endowment for the Humanities project creating historic graffiti ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...

In America's recent past, there have been other historic raids on immigrant communities to counter political and social ...

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 ...