Beginning with pre-Civil War Douglass, Cane employs his ... Cane wants his books to provide context about American elections while unlocking the power and deciding the potential of the Black ...

Some key American institutions at the outbreak of the Civil War were astonishingly primitive and Antietam ... It also asks us to consider a rift between science and religion that emerged after the war ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

The American Civil War was the first major conflict that was photographed extensively, bringing shocking and often horrific images to the front pages and into people's living rooms. Photography ...

that “a crisis” must be “reached and passed” before the country can return to anything resembling peace. Richard Kreitner is ...

4:1 — The ratio of people who attended church weekly to those who voted in the 1860 election 2.5 — Approximate percentage of the American population that died in the Civil War 7 million ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction ... "We’re hoping American History TV does for history enthusiasts what Book TV has done for non-fiction book ...

Civil War myths both big and small persist to this day. LiveScience clears up a few.

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American ...

Percival Everett’s “James,” Salman Rushdie’s “Knife” and Diane Seuss’ “Modern Poetry” are among the honorees. Winners will be ...

Some 1,600 miles from the Mississippi River, historical reenactors gathered over Labor Day weekend in Huntington Beach for the largest Civil War reenactment in Southern California. Hosted by the ...

About 57,000 books have been published on the American Civil War so what possibly could be left to explore? Quite a bit, it ...