The exhibit begins in the museum's Visitor Center, with Tallahassee during the Civil War Era, and ends in the historic Riley House next door. It examines what life was like for ne ...

The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...

The Education Department says it is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women's teams ...

While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International ...

“Freedom” is a word Americans like to use to define their national identity. But what exactly is freedom and to whom is it ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

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

President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...

America should celebrate federal workers. They make sure your child can go to a clean national park, you can take a safe ...