Jefferson Davis was elected as president of the Confederate States of America. Davis’ election happened a year to the day after Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. Davis was ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - On this day in history in 1861 - Nov, 18 - the fifth session of the provisional Confederate Congress met in Richmond. It was a meeting that would have likely been held in the ...
Monuments,” a group exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, places contemporary art face to face with statuary removed in the last decade.