Wilmington 1898: How a white supremacist coup erased Black political power in NC

In 1898, white supremacists overthrew Wilmington’s elected government, killing dozens and erasing Black political power.

The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road ...

Hike at one of RI's loveliest nature preserves, the birthplace of conservation on Block Island

Rodman's Hollow is one of RI's most beautiful places, but it was almost lost to a luxury development. The fight to save it ...
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The Ozone Belt? How the first European settlers ended up in Slidell, Pearl River and Bogalusa.

One of the last areas of our region to undergo permanent settlement was eastern St. Tammany and Washington parishes, from ...

The Dred Scott decision denied Black citizenship and deepened slavery’s hold on America

In 1857, the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott ruling denied Black citizenship, upheld slavery, and stands as one of the Court's ...

Abraham Lincoln letter seeking job for Black friend and valet now on display at presidential museum

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...

Black American families strive to build a town free from racism

Haunted by the COVID-19 pandemic's disproportionate impact on Black people and reports of police violence against their ...

Black, British, forgotten: UK arts retell lost tales

The tale of an enslaved West African girl turned protegee to an English queen may sound like the stuff of fairy tales, but it comes straight from the history books - one of many forgotten Black ...