under which Jim Crow laws had been allowed to flourish since the late 1800s, but the Supreme Court called only for a “prompt and reasonable start to full compliance,” providing no timeline for ...

In this case, that requires considering what life was like for them during the Jim Crow era (1877–1964). Southern states passed black codes authorizing racial segregation and discrimination in their ...

Concord Middle School students Khimya Purvis, Hayden Anderson and Zahnylah Pharr spent last month examining what Black ...

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Bookended by a pair of smoky Waits gems and scored by Lurie with noirish moods, “Down by Law” remains a cult classic of idiosyncratic comedy. 1986, 107 minutes, black and white, 35mm | Written and ...

VINITA, Okla. – Just weeks after Oklahoma became the nation’s 46th state in 1907, the Oklahoma Senate passed its first law — a Jim Crow law—calling for mandatory segregation between races ...

North Carolina is bringing in Jim Tanner to be the general manager for the men’s basketball program, the school announced Tuesday. UNC coach Hubert Davis has been coy recently when asked about adding ...

He described a hypothetical scenario where an elementary school received Department of Education funding for technology access and a teacher used a computer to teach about Jim Crow laws.

On February 29, 1960, peaceful protests of segregation helped take down Jim Crow Laws in Tampa, and inspired efforts to integrate lunch counters across the nation. In 1960, Tampa benefited from having ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyers are criticizing his federal indictment for using a "racist" law. In a Tuesday filing, lawyers for Combs filed a motion to dismiss his transportation to engage in ...