President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran, Herbert Preston. Copyright © 2017 by Wendel A. White President Ulysses ...

A son, later named Hiram Ulysses Grant ... Now Grant turns back towards Vicksburg, winning the battle of Champion's Hill on May 16. The Confederates cross the Big Black River after another ...

Born about 1840, the daughter of a black father and a part-Ojibwa mother ... Her portrait busts ranged from heroic images of Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln and Senator Charles Sumner to ...

The presentation will feature Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, portrayed by nationally acclaimed Civil War reenactor and historian Curt Fields, Ph.D., presenting “This Cruel War is Over ...

When James Joyce’s masterpiece faced banning, the American justice system came to the rescue. A new play wonders if it would ...

One Book Called Ulysses, which is a landmark of America’s law on free expression. At issue in the trial was whether James Joyce’s novel, “Ulysses,” from 1922, was obscene. The presiding judge, James ...

including Ulysses S. Grant and Alexander Hamilton. So it comes as no surprise that his biography of author and humorist Mark Twain clocks in at more than 1,000 pages. It’s also forgivable ...

U.S. Army Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant’s victory over the Confederate forces guaranteed his widespread popularity. After the war, he helped implement Congressional Reconstruction efforts ...

Having a Met Gala along this theme during a time of Black erasure feels complicated at best.

From tailored jackets and silk ties to playful fedoras and pocket squares, Black dandyism isn’t just a campy style—it has ...

Grant's Farm was built by Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who settled on the land in 1855 to farm and raise cattle. In 1903, August A. Busch Sr. bought the land, and ever since it has belonged to ...

I didn't know the term before the Met Gala Black Dandy was showcased on the blue carpet. Then it hit me: I lived it.