In 1898, Black laborer Joshua Halsey was chased down by a white mob and shot 14 times in what became known as the Wilmington Massacre. More than a century later, the North Carolina father of four ...

In the South, Confederate monuments aren't simply a black-and-white issue "There's a difference between reverence and remembrance," a city official says.

Unsung Black inventor Lewis Latimer who worked along side Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison finally got overdue recognition and a headstone.

letter from virginia The Black, Millennial Mayor Who Tore Down His City’s White Monuments Under pressure from protesters in the former capital of the Confederacy, Levar Stoney bucked tradition ...

In the background is a banner commemorating Sgt. Hiram White, a Civil War soldier whose unmarked grave got a headstone last year thanks to Battisfore's efforts.

Along with "Black" and "Brown."Nell Irvin Painter, author of "The History of White People," explains how the language of whiteness — and its meaning — has evolved. (Video: Kate Woodsome ...

A Black Civil War soldier's unmarked grave Up North finally gets a headstone For years, the residents of a tiny U.P. town laid flowers and flags on an unmarked grave in their cemetery. One man was ...

This story has been updated to reflect more biographical detail on Captain Nathaniel Reed. As the sound of Taps echoed over the white headstones of the Memphis National Cemetery, silent onlookers ...

A lasting black and white memorial has been erected for devoted Newcastle fan killed on board the doomed MH17 flight.

A Detroit family had visited their deceased loved one's unmarked grave for over a year before finding a stranger's tombstone at the site.

Newly-freed African Americans who fought in the Civil War decorated soldiers' graves on the first cited Memorial Day on May 1, 1865. More than 10,000 formerly enslaved people and white ...