Created Equal: Uncovering the truth behind the phrase ‘40 acres and a mule’

In the years following the Civil War, formerly enslaved Black Americans in the South were promised "40 acres and a...

The Metro: Detroit’s Civil War history, uncovered

In 1863, as the Civil War raged on, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation. Following the speech, about 1,000 Black...