Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and ...

The Civil War produced two competing narratives ... In so doing, they helped reimagine the purpose and promise of American democracy. For a time after the war, Black Reconstructionists also ...

Before the Civil War, America had few institutions like Antioch ... Groups such as the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the American Baptist Home Missionary Society began establishing ...

The International African American Museum has been added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, the National ...

Born in the aftermath of the bloody Civil War, Reconstruction was America's attempt ... To safeguard these rights for newly freed African-American citizens, federal troops were dispatched ...

Jones spoke twice in Fayetteville, the first time in 2012 on the “African American Role in the Civil War and Reconstruction.” He returned in 2018 to speak for Juneteenth. He was scheduled to ...

Unfortunately, a basic understanding of the American Civil War has seemingly been lost ... similar rights as the rest of America. The Reconstruction plan was the main focus of Lincoln and ...

Reconstruction Era National Historical ... 2017 (it was later renamed as a national historical park). The American Civil War began in April of 1861 and lasted until April of 1965.

The cause of death was lymphoma. He was 81. A distinguished and award-winning historian, Dr. Kolchin specialized in American slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction and comparative slavery. He taught ...

This year, Memorial Day in the United States falls on May 26, 2025. The holiday is always celebrated on the last Monday in May, after Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1968.