The effort to name the House Press Gallery after abolitionist Frederick Douglass is getting a push forward as Rep. Byron ...

Acts of resistance, large and small, matter. They matter especially as officials on the federal and state levels work toward ...

When Ephriam David Tyler died in 1969 at age 85, he had written and published his way through three works of poetry that ...

No Chance to Surrender Sometimes some of the best proof of something or someone’s essence is found in one of its more forgotten manifestations. I spent ...

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad — Spanish for “Friendship” ...

The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its origins dating back to the first African American congregations in the ...

The shelters began seeing fewer people dropped off by customs and border agents following former President Joe Biden’s ...

This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

NBC News’ Kate Snow talks with hairdresser Hector Corvera who was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2023. He is the plaintiff ...

The Angelina Community Theatre is putting the finishing touches on its annual Black History Month show. This year’s program ...