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, ...

A boy born into slavery in South Carolina was separated from his family at age five and later reunited with his father in ...

History Month (AAHM) release from BlackEconomoics.org. It was invited by the Jackson Advocate of Jackson (MedgarEversville), Mississippi. The Jackson Advocate is an 87-year-old Black newspaper known ...

The Historic New Orleans Collection (HNOC) and the New Orleans Public Library REACH Center (NOPL) will present “A New Door ...

Versions of the era like the early motion ... Was there some corruption during Reconstruction? Yes, there was. And were some of the former slaves and other black legislators involved?

Discover how Black banking's legacy influences today's economic and racial justice movements, featuring insights from leading scholars on financial activism.

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 ...

A brand-new interactive tour takes you through downtown Huntsville to showcase at least 16 buildings and other sites built by Black businesspeople and entrepreneurs during the Reconstruction Era ...

Library events: Leon County celebrates Black History Month with library events, resources ...

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

Donald Trump Black voters were mostly Republicans after the Civil War and Reconstruction because ... Black Republicans to the U.S. Congress during a period that is referred to as the "Great ...

Glenn Youngkin (R) joined House Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) and leaders of both parties to commemorate 100 Black men who served in the General Assembly in the Reconstruction era. In an ...