Harvard professor Brandon M. Terry offers a new way of thinking about what the leaders of that period achieved, what they ...

I thought Jim Crow was dead, but it seems to be making a comeback through policies designed to roll back progress.

At the show’s entry, the remarkable remains of a Robert E. Lee statue, the one whose planned removal from a public park ...

Florida’s proposed anti-communism curriculum faces criticism from some historians, particularly for its treatment of Sen.

Will Black voters continue to have an opportunity to elect representatives of their choice, or will decades of hard-won ...

Lee Hawkins’ book shows exploring the connections between the past and present helps us understand the forces shaping our ...

Emmett Till's glass-topped coffin at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture stands as a reminder of his mother's courage and the fight to preserve his story.

Lee Hawkins's book argues for expanding the reparations debate to include survivors of the Jim Crow era. The Jim Crow era subjected Black people to racial segregation, violence, and systemic ...

Polk State College had offered the Introduction to African-American Studies course at least since the 2018-2019 academic year ...

Discover the forgotten story of Round Bay, a summer resort that offered a brief escape from Jim Crow segregation for Black Marylanders.

The proliferation of sundown towns is among the darker aspects of U.S. history, and eight Louisiana towns could have been these in the past.