In the next 56 minutes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of the Civil War, slavery, and of Frederick Douglas, offered a ...

A teacher accused of entering into an "inappropriate" sexual relationship with a "vulnerable" ex-pupil has been banned from the profession. A report by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) said David ...

An 1804 graduate of Yale, John C. Calhoun was one of the great political power brokers of the mid 19 th Century, along with ...

In preparation for the country’s semiquincentennial, Yale history professors Beverly Gage, Joanne Freeman and David Blight will teach a one-time-only course called “America at 250: A History” this ...

A documentary titled “Death and the Civil War,” prominently featuring Yale historian David Blight, will air on PBS on Sept. 18, at 8 pm. Based on Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book “This Republic of ...

David Blight, a renowned historian whose new book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, has been published to glowing reviews, will be in Rochester Dec. 3 and 4 for two engagements co-sponsored by ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A discussion with writer/director Gary Ross (Hunger Games, Seabiscuit) along with scholars David Blight and Steven Hahn on Ross's filmTHE FREE ...

One of the earliest known celebrations of Memorial Day can be traced back to formerly enslaved persons and white missionaries in Charleston, South Carolina. On May 1, 1865, according to reports in The ...

One of the earliest known celebrations of Memorial Day can be traced back to formerly enslaved persons and white missionaries in Charleston, South Carolina. One of the earliest known celebrations of ...