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 ...

Street Museum exhibit will detail the history of Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, the first bank available to African Americans in Shreveport and one of the first banks of its kind in United ...

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

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

On Saturday, February 1, 2025, it was announced that President Donald Trump had removed Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In a statement from the CFPB on ...

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 ...

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 ...