A new exhibit at the Lincoln Presidential Library explores Reconstruction’s rise, collapse and lasting impact through artifacts and film.

Kendrah Foster had already planned a Mardi Gras-inspired “staycation” with her three children in July when she heard about a week-long virtual cooking class for Pittsburgh families that featured gumbo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We might be approaching a moment that resembles the end of Reconstruction in the 1870s, historians and legal experts say. In the ...

The post-Civil War Reconstruction era marked a period of massive social, political, economic, and cultural advancements for Black Americans. Between 1865 and 1877, formerly enslaved people gained ...

Cancer can affect any part of the body, including the reproductive system. When surgeons have to remove part or all of the vagina due to cancer, reconstruction surgery offers a way to maintain vaginal ...

Does James Talarico Realize He’s Running to Represent Texas? Audio By Carbonatix A massive new history reexamines a period in the nation’s history with many parallels to our current moment. The United ...

Call it the original "Great Escape." On May 13, 1862, just over a year into the Civil War, an enslaved man named Robert Smalls, who labored on a Confederate steamer in South Carolina's Charleston ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

The National Park Service this spring is due to release what could be a lengthy list of historic Reconstruction sites worth commemorating and preserving. The list won’t be available for several weeks, ...