Jim Crow, a term drawn from a racist caricature, describes a long period of segregation and racial violence in the United ...

Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.

The Trump administration has dismissed public pleas for mercy for transgender youth and instead launched a full-scale attack ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WTVD) -- Since she was 16 years old, Mary Cox Matthews has spent every moment by her late husband Frank J. Matthews' side. She was emotional as she stood in front of a historical ...

The critiques of figures like Garvey, Carmichael, Newton, and Baldwin remind us of historical patterns of resistance and ...

ABC 33/40 is taking time to honor the achievements and legacies of African Americans for Black History Month.Each day we will ...

Content warning: This piece includes an account of an apparent suicide.

Any right-wing extremist who breaks the law can take perverse solace in the ... such retrograde antics are a form of “Jim Crow 2.” In fact, there are some scholars who argue that Nov. 5 ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

The path toward equity in Austin education is long and fraught. Efforts to create fair learning opportunities for all ...

Hoping and praying that you'll bag tickets for Beyoncé's upcoming Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit Tour. All of ...