1820—The first organized emigration of Blacks from the U.S. back to Africa occurs. Eighty-six free Blacks leave New York Harbor on a ship named the “Mayflower of Liberia.” The group lands on the West ...

A Shreveport museum is honoring the history of the city’s first bank for freedmen by displaying a special exhibit during ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Donald Trump is not asking the Federal Reserve to lower its short-term interest rates, ...

All these moves are supposedly justified by the idea that the federal government does not play a legitimate role in education ...

The path toward equity in Austin education is long and fraught. Efforts to create fair learning opportunities for all ...

GRAND FORKS — New Police Chief Jason Freedman said it's the honor of a lifetime as he took his oath of office Friday morning. "I am grateful and humbled to become our next chief and join not only the ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

Explore Black History Month events across Houston, from storytelling and workshops to performances and markets.

Mark Freedman, Principal and CEO of Rebel Global ... overseeing operations for a 150-member bureau managing over $1 billion in foreign assistance funds. He led initiatives to enhance European ...

Team Freedman has unleashed some of its stable stars at the jumpouts this week, with Sam Freedman declaring Henlein one of the team's most exciting horses heading into the autumn. A half-brother to ...

A former Union Army officer who came to Northwest Louisiana as a carpetbagger after the Civil War lost both of his arms after a failed assassination attempt in the mid-1870s. Many of his family ...