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Researchers have discovered a second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Chester County, Pa.
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James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed by state troopers.
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Pulitzer prize winner David Blight follows his biography of Frederick Douglass with a deep dive into his university’s dark past
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With 10 archival files, Trace/s upends simplistic narratives about New York’s history with enslavement
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The “Negro Motorist Green Book,” a guide for African Americans first published in 1936, was a valued resource at a time when travel held the promise of adventure but was also perilous. It is now the subject of an exhibit showcasing the history, struggles and triumphs of Black travel in America.
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An Axios review of a new National Archives portal found just three digitized unsolved cases of lynchings, racial violence and murders of Black Americans, spawning several decades. The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection portal is the federal agency's latest attempt to index civil rights violations and provide a subject guide, part of an aim spelled out by law to bring justice to the victims in those cases.
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Missing Pieces Project maps buildings in 189 locations where African American abolitionists spoke against slavery
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Center was one of the first US schools for formerly enslaved people, and now preserves Gullah Geechee culture
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it intended to launch a formal review of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists destroyed a thriving Black business district and killed hundreds of people in the Oklahoma city.. “It only took 103 years, but this is a joyous occasion," said Damario Solomon-Simmons, the lawyer who filed a lawsuit on behalf of remaining survivors.
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The reality of the court’s decision is that there isn’t a number to quantify Black pain for survivors and their lineage
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La industria petroquímica y de combustibles fósiles en el área de Luisiana conocida como “Corredor del Cáncer” ha devastado la salud, la vida y el medioambiente de quienes residen allí.
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L’industrie des combustibles fossiles et de la pétrochimie dans une zone de Louisiane surnommée « Cancer Alley » (« Allée du cancer »), a dévasté la santé, la vie et l’environnement des habitants.
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The fossil fuel and petrochemical industry in the Louisiana area that has come to be known as “Cancer Alley” has devastated the health, lives, and environment of residents.
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Matter-of-fact accounting of the legal mechanism of slavery provides insight into American history and the country’s fraught present. At a time when many schools across the country grapple with teaching truthful American history, the preservation of precious archival documents can provide a vital lens through which to understand the past and its implications for the present and future.
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The soldiers were court martialled after a 1917 riot in a process with "numerous irregularities".
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L’armée américaine a annoncé lundi annuler les condamnations « injustes » de 110 soldats afro-américains, décidées par une cour martiale après des violences au Texas, en 1917.
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Census categories for race and ethnicity have shaped how the nation sees itself. Here’s how they have changed over the last 230 years.
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Medical exploitation is an often overlooked part of Black history and partly explains the mistrust that members of the Black community have for the medical industry.
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Historian Dr Alison Rose Jefferson has collected archival photos from the Jim Crow era that bring to life the stories of African Americans who settled by the beach, creating popular gathering places that challenged white supremacy.
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