Don’t fall for all the distractions
Dear Editor: On Sunday in Indianapolis, Ind., Vice President Pence left an NFL game in…
black in America
Haunting pictures show how little life changed for many freed slaves in the South after the Civil War
By IAIN BURNS FOR MAILONLINE A haunting set of images has revealed the reality of life…
Kneeling is not disrespecting honorable service people
Dear Editor: The National Anthem and American flag are the long-honored patriotic…
Race and professional progress
BY KEISHA BELL Are there times when you have wondered how race has hindered or aided your…
Ruby Bridges: Six-Year-Old Hero of the Civil Rights Movement
First Black Child to Integrate Her New Orleans School by Jone Johnson Lewis Ruby…
#NeverForget: 100 Years Ago, East St. Louis Was on Fire
Law W. | The Root On July 1, 1917, a car full of white men drove into East St. Louis,…
This white reporter from Pittsburgh dressed like a black man for 30 days to expose Southern racism
Nina Renata Aron | TIMELINE In 1948, a white, Pittsburgh-based journalist named Ray…
The forgotten lynching of Zachariah Walker was one of our most shameful — and it was in the North
Matt Reimann | Timeline Zachariah Walker screamed before the mob threw him into the…
Slavery and the White House
THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Construction on the President’s House began…
29 Disturbing Pictures Of American Life Under Jim Crow
Photo: Getty Images By Gabriel H. Sanchez, BuzzFeed // More at BuzzFeed Until the Civil…
‘Fighting for the Right to Fight’
BY GWENDOLYN REESE, Contributor ST. PETERSBURG – Currently on exhibit at the St.…
Truth about the Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 2017, marks the 154th anniversary of the day Abraham Lincoln signed the…
A Compact For The Good Of America? Slavery And The Three-Fifths Compromise
BY PATRICK RAEL, AAIHS The recent election has renewed interest in the history of the…
North of Dixie: US Civil rights photos capture largely forgotten black activism in Selma, Birmingham
BY Reporter for The Daily Mail When it comes to the civil rights movement, many associate…
‘Fighting for the Right to Fight’
ST. PETERSBURG — Before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, many…
How Emmett Till’s brutal death “ignited a movement” in America
BY CBS News The U.S. Supreme Court had outlawed legal segregation in 1955, but blacks…
Archaeologists discover camps in Great Dismal Swamp that served as home to thousands of runaway slaves
By HANNAH PARRY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Archaeologists have uncovered secrets about…
Florida has a history of making it harder for black citizens to vote
TALLAHASSEE In 1868, the authors of the Florida’s post-Civil War constitution were…