It was on this day in 1963 that Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech as part of the March on…
The anniversary of an 1865 announcement by a Union military official in Texas has grown over the years into a celebration of…
On November 6, 1860, voters in the United States went to the polls in an election that ended with Abraham Lincoln as President, in…
President Abraham Lincoln altered the course of the Civil War and American society when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued…
January 1 is one of the most noteworthy days in American history, marking President Abraham Lincoln’s decision to issue the…
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in…
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery on September 3, 1838, aided by a disguise and job skills he had learned while forced to…
Almost a decade before the U.S. Constitution was signed into law, the first African American woman to successfully file a lawsuit…
On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Dred Scott case, which had a direct impact on the coming of…
On December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment was ratified after the state of Georgia approved the amendment as it was proposed to the…
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