The meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation, for those at the time and for us today.

The Dirty Thirties as witnessed by people who were actually there.

Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, and the conflict between publication and privacy.

Kansans relive the guerrilla raids of the Border Wars.

Robert Smalls commandeered a Confederate ship to escape from slavery in South Carolina.

Marching to the beat of a silent drummer.

Educational adventure-game explores Elizabethan Age.

Herod built on a Roman scale.

The legacy of the Battle of Antietam.

Council's slogan is the sound of a new idea.

Massachusetts nearly secedes during the War of 1812.

Fifty years ago, James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi.