An statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a Black teenage girl who protested segregation, has been unveiled at the U.S. Capitol, four years after Virginia selected the civil rights icon to represent the state.

The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.

After five years of speculation, Congress finally revealed which Virginian would replace Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the U.

Former President Donald Trump lamented the removal of a massive statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, warning that “[o]ur culture is being destroyed and our history and ...

Descendants from two different histories of slavery came together in Virginia over the weekend to celebrate their ancestors and continue their transparent discussions of race and collaboration.

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the ...

An underwater look at wrecks that rest only miles apart in the Gulf of Mexico. The Robert E. Lee, a passenger steamer that was attacked en route from New Orleans to Trinidad, is seen in this image ...

Lee chose the latter, and historic documents indicate he was a much crueler taskmaster than were the Custises. Wesley Norris was born on Custis’ plantation and told in an abolitionist newspaper of ...

As a historian, Allen C. Guelzo is acutely aware of how perceptions change over time. When he started his latest biography, “Robert E. Lee: A Life,” back in 2014, “Lee was a different person,” he says ...

The Barbara Rose Johns statue replaces Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol, honoring her role in ending school segregation and ...