Abraham Lincoln, celebrated on his 216th birthday, left a significant impact as the 16th President of the US. Not only known ...

One year after the Civil War ended, Hagar Outlaw, a formerly enslaved woman in North Carolina, was desperate to find eight of ...

Cashier was not the only woman to hide her identity to join one of the Civil War's belligerents. Historians estimate as few as 400 or as many as 1,000 women hid their gender to fight the war as men.

A woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Raqqa, Syria, during the rule of the terror group ISIS was on Tuesday jailed by a Swedish court on charges of ...

In the early 1960s, when I was a little boy, the Ku Klux Klan attacked my family by burning a cross in front of our house, ...

In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns that focus on the unique experiences, trials, and triumphs of Black ...

One of the 10 greatest trees in the world is still holding strong — and with a remarkable tale of strength to pair with it.

Accused of keeping Yazidi women ... slaves at her home in Syria in the winter and spring of 2015, Lina Ishaq was convicted of “genocide” and “crimes against humanity,” as well as war ...

The 52-year-old woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing acts of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes, Stockholm District Court said.