Louisiana’s political system could soon look more like 1966 than 2026, and it’s time to acknowledge the full extent of the ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday condemned legislation requiring ID and proof of citizenship to ...

A 1957 photograph shows how love, faith, and resilience can endure even in the darkest times, writes John E. Green.

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson used legislation passed as part of the post-Civil War “Jim Crow” laws Tuesday to justify a Hawaii gun control law. “So I guess I really don’t ...

Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand. By Clay Risen ...

Black Americans have struggled to build wealth in America through property ownership. Owning land meant freedom. Government policies like redlining and restrictive covenants cheated Black families and ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Booker T. Spicely challenged Jim Crow on a Durham bus and was shot in 1944. An all‑white jury acquitted driver Herman Lee Council ...

Booker T. Spicely challenged Jim Crow on a Durham bus and was shot in 1944. An all‑white jury acquitted driver Herman Lee Council after a brief 1944 trial. Durham museum, state markers honor Spicely; ...

FULTON COUNTY, GA — A task force studying reparations for Black residents in Fulton County meets Thursday evening to hear the findings of a long-awaited report detailing the ongoing impact of slavery ...

Ben Shapiro unleashed a blistering tirade against Tucker Carlson, accusing the former Fox News host of “normalizing Nazism” by hosting white nationalist Nick Fuentes. “This is not about free speech,” ...

ATLANTA — A new and emotional art exhibition at Spelman College is turning painful chapters of American history into powerful works of modern art. The exhibition, titled “Repossessions,” invites Black ...