In this Caprock Chronicles series, attorneys Chuck Lanehart and Dwight McDonald explore a shameful part of Lubbock's past - ...

A small African-American community thrived in southern Chittenden ... toned Gothic Revival home in Orange County sponsored an 1890 act to prevent racial discrimination in admissions policies ...

Fletcher was well known across the Magic City. He was hired as a letter carrier in 1892, the first African American to work ...

On the edge of Birmingham’s Civil Rights District and across from the city’s theater district stands a building more than 100 years old that has a story fit for the stage. The Pythian Temple of ...

The month grew from “Douglass Day,” which was observed in the 1890s on Feb. 14 — the ... of Nation” helped fuel violence against African Americans, he said. The scholarship of Mr. Woodson ...

The story of Black History Month begins in 1915. At this time, scholar Carter G. Woodson founded what today is called the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He would later ...

The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan formed a branch in, Louisiana, in 1920 and nearly took control of the state in 1922.

It would be another 26-41 years before the segregated system would begin to catch up; through perseverance and leadership ...

He sees it as a golden era in American history. Yet, the history of the 1890s actually exposes the dangers of the U.S. trying to force Canada into American hands. Like Trump, Republicans in the ...

During Black History Month, News4JAX is celebrating local African American trailblazers who paved the way in politics and ...

President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is on hold for now but, if it resumes, it could deliver a fatal blow to one iconic American industry: Florida orange juice. Canadian Prime Minister ...