SC Congressman Preston Brooks shocked nation when he caned Charles Sumner on the Senate floor. A new biography shows why the ...

John Adams, a founder of the United States and its second president, privately expressed doubts that the republic would survive its own design flaws. Yet the Constitution, its blueprint, has proved ...

As a student of American history, I believe there are some very important heroes who have never received the acknowledgement and acclaim they deserve. Charles Sumner from Massachusetts is one of those ...