No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared, "all persons held as slaves within any States, or designated part ...

The Emancipation Proclamation was signed Jan. 1, 1863. This freed the slaves. That this was even necessary should have ended the stain on our country’s history. Such is not the case. The ...

In the "Cowboy Carter Chronicles," Digital Producer Jyesha Johnson explores Beyoncé's groundbreaking impact on country music and its historical ties to Black culture. Beyoncé's album, "Cowboy Carter," ...

The path toward equity in Austin education is long and fraught. Efforts to create fair learning opportunities for all ...

Hegseth has made plain that his goal is to enhance the unbridled “lethality” of American military forces without handcuffs imposed by the law of armed conflict.

One such example is Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863). It proclaimed the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate states, redefining the American Civil War as a fight for human ...

Abraham Lincoln is often regarded as one of the greatest U.S. presidents, due to his leadership during the Civil War and his ...

During their regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, the Antioch City Council voted unanimously to approve a proclamation ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

Historians agree that  the earliest record of the West African chattel, commonly called slaves, arrived in America in 1619.

When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, he called it “the central act of my administration, and the great event of the 19th century.” Yet critics ...