Mississippi's own documents from 1861 show the state seceded from the Union to protect slavery, not states' rights. Where did ...

Mississippi is one of four states that celebrate Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday. What to know, why state ...

The South Carolina Democrat, the ninth Black man to represent his state in the House of Representatives, writes of his ...

His visit includes a trip to a shrine where enslaved Africans were baptized before being forced into the treacherous voyage ...

Preface -- Republican storm rising? -- Democrats' trials and tribulations -- Democrats' nominations : Act I -- The third way -- Republicans choose an "available" man -- Democrats' nominations : Act II ...

W.E.B. Du Bois called the issue of the 20th century the color line — this was true then and this is true now,” writes Walz.

M K Stalin slams PM Modi over federalism and delimitation, accuses BJP of trampling state rights and urges Tamil Nadu voters ...

Abraham Lincoln passed away 101 years ago this week, 6 days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at the ...

After witnessing a 1980s tour from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, REM lost all respect for their fellow Southern rock ...

Lincoln is known for many achievements yet it is generally overlooked that he was a career politician and unusually attached ...

Several Southern states observe the holiday.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Taxes, for instance, have been changing and staying the same ever since ...