Historians describe the creation of schools and focus on education — for both blacks and whites — in the South during Reconstruction. Eric Foner: Freedom had many meanings to people coming ...

Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller said the 47th president’s administration is considering suspending habeas corpus to address immigration, alarming legal experts and Black historians who warn ...

The Trump administration is considering the suspension of habeas corpus, a move that could have significant implications for ...

Russia launched two ballistic missiles at the Odesa port, killing port worker, and injuring eight people. Vice Prime Minister ...

A bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion in Louisiana state government has stirred a fierce, racially charged debate.

While many American towns claim to have held the earliest celebrations of the holiday, U.S. officials declared Waterloo, New ...

These first-generation Black students entered college during the “nadir of race relations,” in the years that followed Reconstruction (1865-1877), from the 1880s through the 1930s. This era had ...

Much of the film revolves around Blues music, a genre born from the descendants of slaves and the experiences of free African Americans during Reconstruction and Jim Crow. Blues, Coogler told IGN ...

O n May 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual Met Gala—an enormous world-renowned fundraiser that gathers ...

From tax increases to relief from skyrocketing energy bills, here are five things you need to know about Gov. Wes Moore’s ...

Trump’s anti-DEI push isn’t the first time efforts to diversify policing have faced a backlash. Black officers hired in the South during Reconstruction lost their jobs in the late 1800s when the ...