With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...

Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its ...

From the days of slavery to the halls of Congress, many civil rights activists have shaped the conscience of nations and redrawn the maps of moral ... poverty and war. His work helped push forward ...

I came home on a Friday after pushing tardy scholars into submitting a slideshow of their future careers on the day that ...

Pioneer D.A. Blodgett, know for medical facilities in Grand Rapids, left southern Osceola County and central Michigan with ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

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History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

Join the History Seekers as we sweep historic ground using the XP Deus II, Minelab Manticore, and Equinox 800 to discover ...

A federal three-judge panel has ordered Mississippi officials to develop another legislative map that ensures Black voters in the DeSoto County area have a fair opportunity to elect candidates to the ...

The legislature’s redrawing of the Hattiesburg area — which was not challenged by the plaintiffs — and the Chickasaw/Monroe ...

It will take days for major floodwaters to work their way south through the Mississippi. Flooding will persist through April.