Denton’s “Free Colored School” organized with a school board in Quakertown in 1866, one year after the Civil War ended.

Even in its earliest days, discord was part and parcel of American life. During the American Revolution, families were often divided between Patriots — pushing for American independence from Great ...

Historians around the state are revisiting the nation's origin story with fresh eyes, centering on communities that have ...

Despite efforts to rewrite history, activists are still pushing to remove Confederate symbols, a new Southern Poverty Law ...