The Historic Smithfield Plantation Home is located west of the Virginia Tech Duck Pond. Built between 1772 and 1774, it was once the home of the Preston family and now hosts events such as weddings ...

There are a dozen restored antebellum mansions and plantations along the west bank of the Mississippi River, on the River Road outside of New Orleans, and they are among the most popular tourist day ...

WALLACE, La. (AP) — Ceramic sculptures of hollow-eyed slave children haunt the Whitney Plantation, west of New Orleans, where owner John Cummings has infused the traditional antebellum plantation tour ...

State legislatures across the United States are cracking down on discussions of race and racism in the classroom. School boards are attempting to ban books that deal with difficult histories.

Amy Potter receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Derek H. Alderman receives funding from National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities. Such efforts raise ...

Tucked under the modern skyscrapers of downtown Houston is a cluster of buildings that quietly carry the weight of history. On Juneteenth, the Heritage Society of Sam Houston Park opened the doors of ...

THE race question in the South is at last beginning to be approached in a temper fairly free from partisan bias. But the institution which bequeathed us the race question still awaits dispassionate ...

There are a dozen restored antebellum mansions and plantations along the west bank of the Mississippi River, on the River Road outside of New Orleans, and they are among the most popular tourist day ...