Every once in while Confederate Heroes Day and MLK Day fall on the same day in Texas.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian James McPherson talked about his book, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief, in which he presents Confederate president ...

On Monday, Jan. 19, Florida honors two historic figures with very different goals: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night. The statue in the former capital of the ...

Davis was born in Kentucky on June 3, 1808. However, Alabama observes it on the first Monday in June. Davis served as president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War and had a ...

The only known photo of Jefferson Davis in uniform, taken when he was a major general of Mississippi troops, just before the start of the war. The uniform is a Federal Army uniform. (Courtesy of ...

Mississippi observes Jefferson Davis' birthday, combined with Memorial Day, as a state holiday. This is one of three Confederate holidays observed in Mississippi, including Robert E. Lee/MLK Day and ...

The past several columns have been about "Heroes of the Confederacy" -- men and women who persevered during good times and bad, who believed that their cause was just, and whose primary concern was ...

Most Americans like to believe that this is a nation of laws, where justice is blind to power and status. But that is a bit ...

News writer Michael King addresses historical illiteracy and the problem with celebrating the Confederacy in this week’s Point Austin column. Texas Confederate Women’s and Men’s Home Historical ...