Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

Historian Katy Shannon explained, “ Laura Plantation, which has existed since 1805. It existed as a sugar cane plantation; ...

What Happened When Small-Town America Became Data-Center, U.S.A. Florida boat builder faces 30 years in prison for ripping ...

The 1860 presidential election, which saw Abraham Lincoln win without Southern support, intensified divisions over slavery ...

Even country music stars are catching on to the appeal of Leiper’s Fork and Franklin, with their intimate venues, rolling ...

A Black freshman’s apparent suicide on campus is one of at least nine Black men who have been found hanging from trees since ...

Mississippi holds some of America's most compelling historical treasures, where battles shaped the nation and cultures ...

In 1909, Pittsburgh police raided the Hill District, arresting 400 Black men on false charges, fueling injustice we see in ...

This Veterans Day, let's remember the sacrifices made by the Black women who served as nurses in World War II.

Many of David Drake's large vessels featured his signature and inscriptions, even though he created them during a time when ...

The journalist Colin Woodard explores how the political differences that developed before our nation’s founding still can be ...

History is the study of change over time, and as The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery shows, the future does not ...