Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederate States of America, a white supremacist government, from 1861 to 1865. Since 1901, Alabama has marked Jefferson Davis' Birthday as a state holiday on ...

Mississippi honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis today. The Magnolia State isn't the only one to honor him with a state holiday or local celebration, but it is the only one to combine it with ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The 1,500-pound bronze statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, which was torn down by protesters in 2020, began its 2,600-mile journey to a Los Angeles museum Tuesday. The ...

[This post is co-authored with Professor Seth Barrett Tillman]. But in this post, we will discuss several aspects of oral argument with regard to the phrase "Office . . . under the United States." ...

Most churches in the nation's capital proudly promote their ties to American presidents. Not so the Church of the Epiphany, an Episcopal parish in downtown Washington. Not when the man is Jefferson ...

MICHEL MARTIN, CONTRIBUTOR: Thanks, Christiane. Jill Lepore, thanks so much for talking with us. JILL LEPORE, STAFF WRITER, “THE NEW YORKER”: Thank you for having me. MARTIN: Your recent piece for ...

RICHMOND — The Sons of Confederate Veterans is asking that a life-size statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis be placed at Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond. The group is offering to donate a ...

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 ...

Even Jim Crow Alabama couldn’t muster any enthusiasm for Jefferson Davis. When an Alabama House representative filed a bill in 1900 to make his birthday a holiday, the Birmingham Post-Herald called it ...

Jill Lepore on the links between the trial of Jefferson Davis and that of Donald Trump. Donald Trump made history as the first U.S. president to be criminally indicted. But he is not the first ...

Mississippi observes Jefferson Davis' birthday, combined with Memorial Day, as a state holiday. This combined holiday is one of three Confederate holidays observed in Mississippi. While other states ...