During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

As anti-racism protests continue into their sixth week across the country, statues of Confederate leaders and other controversial figures have become a focal point for critics. Almost every day ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over Confederate heritage.

"It was said during the American Civil War that there were more Confederate flags flying here than in Richmond, Virginia — and Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy," Westgaph told CNN.

I am traveling to each of the 113 communities that removed or relocated Confederate symbols between 2015 and 2023 during the national reckoning sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement.

There was cause for excitement. It was May 31, 1862, and for the first time, Union troops were on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate states. The troops were ...

It is disrespectful to King's memory and the struggle of the civil rights movement to celebrate him alongside a Confederate general, the Democratic lawmaker said. "There are fundamental difference ...