The South Carolina Capitol grounds will soon include a statue of Robert Smalls, a formerly enslaved Civil War hero, among the statues of five white men, most with ties to the Civil War or Jim Crow.

Rather than Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the installation now pays tribute to Private Fitz Lee, a Black soldier from ...

Fort Gregg-Adams in Virginia has been renamed Fort Lee, now honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient Private Fitz Lee instead of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Monica Bagby began her career as a preschool teacher and went on to teach reading and English at a variety/range of schools.

Petersburg National Battlefield is located in South-central Virginia. The park offers driving tours of the siege and bat ...

In response to the Mother Emanual AME shooting in Charleston, SC, lawmakers and protestors rallied to bring down the ...

DANIEL SLIM / Getty By bawintern1 on July 7, 2025 I will never understand the intellectual dishonesty of white people who still celebrate the Confederacy. The whole reason the American Civil War was ...

For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...