The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its ...

Kansas is looking for a leader to help make a long-delayed mural honoring Black Civil War soldiers a reality at the ...

Kings and Generals continues its animated historical documentary series with a new focus on the American Civil War. This ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for its people after those nations backed autocratic President ...

In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

Civil rights attorney Kiah Duggins was among the 64 passengers and crew on the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., that plunged into the Potomac River Wednesday ...

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government. The ...