The Civil War ended in 1865, exactly 160 years ago. While the societal topic of race and the war’s deeply rooted issues still linger in the modern world in new ways, the bloodshed of battles that were ...

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

An opera about the Underground Railroad has interesting ties to Lexington and one of its greatest basketball players.

Applause rose up from the crowd as William Wells Brown shared his accomplishments with the students who sat in front of him ...

If you walk around Lexington’s old courthouse, you may feel as if you’re being watched. There are ghostly figures in many of ...