President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.

Mario Tama / Getty Images Slavery reparations are restitution ... National Archives. "13th Amendment." Freedman and Southern Society Project. "Order by the Commander of the Military Division ...

All these moves are supposedly justified by the idea that the federal government does not play a legitimate role in education ...

A measure of far-reaching influence and importance to the colored race and to the country comes up before Congress to-day -- Mr. ELIOT'S bill for the establishment of a "Freedmen's Bureau," or ...

A Shreveport museum is honoring the history of the city’s first bank for freedmen by displaying a special exhibit during ...

Mitch Freedman is looking forward to racing his much-travelled Group 1 winner Attrition in Melbourne this autumn, after he traversed the country during his spring campaign. Attrition will resume in ...

Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

Gentlemen do not appear to perceive it, but to us on the river it is perfectly clear that the question between a military and civil bureau of freedmen's affairs, as settled by Congress now ...