The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.

Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

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Crusading journalist and an­ti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett is born in Holly Springs, Miss. Wells-Bar­nett was a ...

Using unpublished letters and documents, little-known accounts from Civil War-era newspapers, and Congressional memoirs and correspondence, Guelzo tells the story of the complicated web of statesmen, ...

According to those who keep track of such things, at least 60,000 books have been published about the Civil War.

The vice president envisions a world of tiered citizenship, where entry depends on heritage and status rests on obedience.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin added two of the most iconic artifacts in American history to his growing collection of rare documents — spending a combined $18.1 million for items signed ...

On Friday, during an interview on CNBC, the House speaker, Mike Johnson, claimed that President Trump was among the most ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

A sweeping new history explores facial hair as a proving ground for notions about gender, race, and rebellion.

Since a famous meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin, produced the Republican Party, all attempts at a major alternative political part ...