In response, Confederate veterans founded the Ku Klux ... leaders of the reconstructed state governments and the African-American citizens they tried to protect. Scholarly attention ...

In their first major battle, at Port Hudson, Louisiana on May 27, 1863, African Americans proved their courage beyond a doubt. Port Hudson served as the linchpin of Confederate control over the ...

“Ruby - The Musical,” “Confederates” play and a performance from the Sphinx Competition. “American Black Journal” gets details on two theater productions arriving in Detroit that focus ...

the first African American justice. But a House effort to remove statues honoring Confederates stalled in the Senate. One of those Confederate statues stands in front of the office of the House ...