In 1853, the United States paid Mexico $10 million for less than 30,000 square miles of land, facilitating the completion of a Southern transcontinental railroad and decades of economic growth.

The U.S. Civil War pitted friend against friend, neighbor against neighbor, in a bitter fight for the future of the nation. It also drove the country’s leaders apart. Their struggles are embodied by six men whose fates reflected the...

Learn about Jefferson Davis, the politician who became the controversial President of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.

Origin of Everything takes a field trip to Washington, D.C. and explores the painful history and legacy of America's Civil War. Danielle looks at Confederate and Union Civil War monuments and what spurred their construction after the war.

When the women of Richmond, Virginia couldn’t afford to buy bread during the American Civil War, they incited the largest civil disturbance the Confederacy had ever seen.

An animated video featuring the iconic speech of Abraham Lincoln given during the American Civil War.

This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of Alabama.

An animated video outlining the basic narrative of the American Civil War, how it started, what politics led to it, the key battles of the war and the key players such as Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee.

Jefferson Davis memorial taken down by masked work crews

King delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech while leading the 1963 March on Washington, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

Ten Confederate statues are still on display in the Capitol building after the removal of Virginia's Robert E. Lee sculpture.

The South Carolina Congressman and House Majority Whip spoke with Newsy on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

This holiday marks what would have been the 93rd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Protesters are tearing down statues around the world. It's a global reckoning with the White supremacist past that built the world we know.

If the bill passes the Senate, it will force the removal of ten Confederate statues currently on display at the U.S. Capitol.

Highways around the country were often named after Confederate leaders as part of the ‘'lost cause" movement or during times of racial tension.

A Virginia judge extended an injunction barring the state from removing the statue of Robert E. Lee on Richmond's Monument Avenue.

Australia joins protests, Louisville demonstrators celebrate Breonna Taylor's birthday while cities expedite removing Confederate statues

Richmond, Virginia Mayor Levar Stoney had already called for the removal of the statue along the city's Monument Avenue.

The state Historic Properties Advisory Commission had voted 11-1 to remove the statue and relocate it to a historic site in southern Kentucky.

The statue, which has stood in the state Capitol rotunda for over 80 years, will be relocated to the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site.

The state will remove the Confederate symbol to better reflect the population of Mississippi, officials say.

Newsy finds eight states have not taken steps to remove Confederate statues they donated long ago to display in the U.S. Capitol.