More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same ...

In the last decade, at least 20 states have passed laws or policies that restrict how history can be taught in schools. Since ...

Race Riot is a dark moment in Springfield’s history, yet many grew up not knowing about the tragedy that set back Black ...

Unlike the 1992 riots, protests have mainly been peaceful and been confined to a roughly five-block stretch of downtown LA, a tiny patch in the sprawling city of nearly 4 million people. No one has ...

The riots of 1964 tore off Rochester's complacency, but at a cost. ... "Young African-Americans in the North were much less willing to listen to the message of Dr. King.

Because Irish and African American communities often found themselves in similar lower-working-class positions, ... In Manhattan, during the Draft Riots of July 1863, ...

Discover the untold stories of African American bravery in WWII, ... Anti-Black riots erupted across the country, and the Ku Klux Klan’s membership swelled to over three million.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum (AAHM) is currently being renovated, but once it re-opens the museum will launch it's new 1908 Race ...

This riot happened between the evening of May 31 and early morning of June 1, 2020. ... "When I was growing up, 5th St. was a big corridor for African American businesses, ...

In the winter of 1845-1846, a clash between abolitionists and pro-slavery antagonists prompted a mob attack on Lafayette’s Black community. Nearly 200 African Americans lived in homes scattered ...

The Commissioner of Education's African American History Task Force is directed to examine ways in which the history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots will be included in instruction on African ...