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The story of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, aka Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, one of up to 1,000 women who posed as men to fight in the Civil ...

If you don't like Trump, his military parade and sending of the National Guard are evidence of his yearning for dictatorial ...

Andrew Johnson famously freed his slaves on Aug. 8, 1863, but it would be another 18 months before Tennessee freed enslaved people statewide.

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California history is often thought of as synonymous with the railroad and the gold rush, but Black history is not. “Black ...

Vernon Parish's Fort Johnson, which had its name changed less than two years ago, apparently is headed for a switch back to ...