The 18 decommissioned Confederate monuments have been deconstructed and displayed to make a statement on the horrors of ...

Relatively few people are aware that during the Civil War, Confederate leaders put forth a proposal to arm slaves to fight against the Union in exchange for their freedom. In his new book Confederate ...

An exhibition opening at the Brick and the Geffen at LA MOCA puts decommissioned Confederate monuments in dialog with ...

Monuments,' a highly anticipated new show at MOCA and the Brick, invites viewers to rethink decommissioned monuments — many ...

Hundreds of Civil War relics were unearthed during the cleanup of a South Carolina river where Union troops dumped Confederate military equipment to deliver a demoralizing blow for rebel forces in the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina pulled the Confederate flag from its place of honor at the Statehouse on Friday, marking a milestone in how America commemorates the war that tore the United ...

Monuments,” a group exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, places contemporary art face to face with statuary removed ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) - More and more voices across the U.S. South called for banishing the banner of the pro-slavery Confederacy on Wednesday in a fast-growing movement that adds new emotion and ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of Civil War weapons from South Carolina’s Congaree River. Cannonballs, artillery shells and other items have been lurking in the waterway since February 1865, ...

We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact, reality was ...

Of all the sounds now vanished from the heart of old downtown Los Angeles — the songs of the Tongva, the whistles of steam locomotives, the clanging of streetcars — there’s one you’d never have ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What happened to Confederate money after the ...