A just-released book about Harpers Ferry's rich history relates how a Black family during the Jim Crow era made their mark in hospitality.

President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate-held ...

Contrary to racist stereotypes, which suggest Black people are either too lazy, ignorant, or undisciplined to acquire the ...

After an Afghan national was charged in the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington just before Thanksgiving, ...

The Trump administration is wielding the Justice Department’s power in new and, some say, extreme ways. It could mean a ...

The legality of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act is being called into question.

'Project 2025 is Jim Crow 2.0.' Legendary South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn, the state’s only Democratic lawmaker, is speaking out on the state of politics under the Trump administration, ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A sign that said “Bring back Jim Crow” was briefly displayed over Interstate 25 in Denver on Sunday morning, and one resident who saw it was left in shock. It happened on the ...

The Posse Comitatus Act is a nearly 150-year-old federal law that limits the U.S. military’s role in enforcing domestic laws. At its core, experts say the law reflects America’s long-standing belief ...

Crow Tow's contract with Des Moines appears to allows the company to keep auction proceeds from unclaimed impounded vehicles, a practice not typical in other states. This change in practice, along ...

Members of the Edward Livingston Historical Association recently explored the continuity of arguments prominent Southerners used, sometimes 100 years apart, to defend chattel slavery and Jim Crow ...

Iowa's lenient towing laws allow companies like Crow Tow to quickly sell towed vehicles, sometimes within two weeks. William Frey purchased a towed vehicle at auction only to discover it was reported ...