By Texas law, for instance, “a teacher, administrator, or other employee of a state agency, school district, or ...

In essence, that’s what Juneteenth means to me,” Gordon-Reed said in keynote remarks at a recent two-day conference on slavery in Texas, hosted by the Witte Museum. The author’s work led to ...

When Mexico encouraged settlers to come to its territory of Texas, many Americans brought slaves with them. In 1829, the Mexican government abolished slavery in Texas to try to lessen American ...

The Rio Grande Valley is full of rich history going back centuries. There is a lot of Black History that is not really known.

The first Medal of Honor earned by an African American, and some of the slave shackles that they have on display, just poignant pieces of American history,” Davis said.

Sandford, which denied U.S. citizenship to Black people. “They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of ...

There are projects, and then there are labors of love. One Nacogdoches couple says they’ve spent the last 3 years combining the two, working to restore the Old North Church Afro-American Cemetery.

Cotton transformed the United States, making fertile land in the Deep South, from Georgia to Texas, extraordinarily valuable. Growing more cotton meant an increased demand for slaves. Slaves in ...

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- After gaining federal recognition, many became familiar with Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the day slaves in Texas were freed. But, in North Carolina, Emancipation ...