Dennard Dayle’s satirical new book, “How to Dodge a Cannonball,” follows a white flag-bearer pretending to be a Black soldier ...

Some Jews were abolitionists. Some were slaveholders. The complicated relationship between Jews and African Americans goes back 200 years.

A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.

The NAACP’s Juneteenth events on Sunday honored the legacy of local Black Civil War soldiers and celebrated community and ...

Andrew Johnson famously freed his slaves on Aug. 8, 1863, but it would be another 18 months before Tennessee freed enslaved people statewide.

Cate Blanchett's Hela only made a single appearance in the MCU in Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarök, but it sounds like Marvel Studios might be interested in doing more with the ...

The actor Sean Penn has summed up the problem with Pete Hegseth, and by extension the administration of President Donald ...

Paulette Malie is galled by what she sees as a stark and tragic contrast between family members and a friend who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country and President Donald Trump ...

The Baltimore-based trans studies scholar is known for her work on the history of medical transition, specifically the ...

Bill Carew, a former military judge and attorney, decided to use his 90th birthday as an opportunity to give back to the ...