Somewhat later, as the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol began to assemble expert testimony on political violence, ...

A civil rights museum in Atlanta expanded recently and now includes the era of reconstruction that followed the Civil War and ultimately led to segregationist Jim Crow Laws in the South.

Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant As we find ourselves in the midst of another turbulent era in American history, it is ...

The center aims to provide a comprehensive view of North Carolinians' lives during the Civil War and Reconstruction, encompassing diverse perspectives. While facing some skepticism, the project has ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar comes a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation's foundation and how those guarantees have been shaken over time The ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 5, 2025 / The National Center for Civil and Human Rights’ new gallery, “Broken Promises,” is a permanent exhibit on Reconstruction-the period after the ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The government under President Donald Trump is bending the arc of US history in a new ...

Charles Cowlam, a convict, spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, and con artist, plied his many trades throughout the Civil War, Reconstruction and Gilded Age. And his dubious past may ...