As time passes, history often becomes blurred. Stories are retold, facts are altered, and over generations, popular belief can drift far from the truth. Much like the old game of telephone, the ...

More than 400 years have passed since chattel slavery was deemed a respectable and integral part of the American economy and policy. Still, there are folks who try to rewrite history and “whitewash” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge myths about the ...

Drawing from narratives of former slaves collected as part of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), How the Slaves Saw the Civil War presents first-hand testimony in ...

What every kid learns about the Civil War has depended on their ZIP code. For generations, American students were taught drastically different versions of the Civil War based on where they lived.

Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley did not cite slavery as a cause of the American Civil War on Wednesday night when a town hall attendee asked her what she thought led to the bloody conflict. The ...

The NBC News poll asked American adults which historical event they thought was the country’s biggest accomplishment in its ...