WSLS 1011h
Norvel Lee: Gold Medalist, Veteran, Civil Rights activist
Norvel Lee was first introduced to the public and rose to prominence after he won the light heavyweight gold medal for boxing ...
Smithsonian Magazine16h
After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
Butler Eagle22h
Civil War Roundtable presentation scheduled
Butler historian Bill May will speak at the Monday, Feb. 17, meeting of the Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable in Hampton. At 7 p.m., May will present “Capt. Thomas McConnell & Freed Slave ...
Military.com1d
The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom
One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...
5 reasons John Bell Hood was the worst Civil War general
If there is one general that could be considered as having single-handedly lost the Civil War for the Confederates, it’s John ...
WCBI1d
State and local leaders push to make MLK Day a stand-alone holiday
Mississippi is one of two states that recognizes Martin Luther King Junior Day as a dual holiday, shared with Robert E. Lee.