In the early 1960s, when I was a little boy, the Ku Klux Klan attacked my family by burning a cross in front of our house, ...

Can we learn from the past? We must. Immediately after the Civil War, radical Republicans collaborated with President Abraham Lincoln to assist the newly freed slaves with a program called ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...

After all, when he was born, there had been just one Black Senator elected since Reconstruction, his state of Georgia had never sent someone who looked like him to the upper chamber, and ...

In Arkansas, between 1868 and 1893, at least 87 Black men were elected to and served in the Arkansas General Assembly.

Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...

His leadership as sheriff of Macon County extended over 20 years, during which he was reelected multiple times.

becoming only the fourth Black Alabama resident elected to Washington, D.C., since Reconstruction. He defeated Montgomery Republican Caroleen Dobson by a 54.6%-45.5% margin. Figures participated ...

Several senators swigged caffeinated beverages. One arrived straight from a black-tie banquet. The eyes were bleary but the outrage was fierce as Democrats took turns railing against Mr. Vought ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...