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 ...

During the Reconstruction period of 1865–1877, federal law provided civil rights protection in the U.S. South for freedmen – the African Americans who had formerly been slaves. In the 1870s, White ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The news was startling. On June 19, 1865, two months after the U.S. Civil War ended, Union Gen. Gordon Granger walked onto the balcony at Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and ...

Lee Hawkins grew up in the Twin Cities, with frequent visits to Duluth. His new book investigates his family's history in the ...

Charleston, SC, Oct. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the quest to build a happy, fulfilling future, sometimes humanity has taken shortcuts. Leaders, communities, and entire cultures have sprung up ...

BIG RAPIDS — Ferris State University broke ground Thursday on a new home for the Jim Crow Museum, a one-of-a-kind resource conversations about race. FSU’s 30,000-piece collection of racist materials ...

BIG RAPIDS, MI - Ferris State University has broken ground on a new standalone building for its Jim Crow Museum. The new building will be better equipped to handle the its entire collection of 30,000 ...

The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum has a special exhibit called “A Better Life for Their Children.” Through photos, ...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — Ferris State University faculty and staff gathered to break ground on a new museum that will house the school's massive collection of racist materials. The university's Jim Crow ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Stories from the public are being sought to complete research into the state’s history during the Jim Crow-era, when African-Americans used a “green book” to find ...