In 1868, a group of 90 delegates, 17 of them Black, crafted a new state constitution that they hoped would create an ...

Popularly, the banner of Black incompetence was carried by demeaning depictions in material and theatrical culture, as well as in D.W. Griffith’s racist epic film, The Birth of a Nation (1915 ...

A recently installed historic marker on Main Street downtown marks the Danville Riot of 1883, which ended in five deaths. For ...

Johnson calls for 'new reconstruction era' at breakfast celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Mayor Brandon Johnson, Michael Eric Dyson, faith leaders and other speakers celebrated Black history and ...

More than 120 Virginia African-Americans now have a place of honor in the state Capitol where they made history in the decades following the Civil War. During a celebration at the Capitol on ...

The Reconstruction Era, lasting from 1861 to 1900, was a pivotal time when the United States integrated millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political and labor systems and ...

A dive into the life of a Black laundress and her impact on her Reconstruction-era Dallas community. "Herstory: About Life in North Dallas Freedman Town" dives into the life of Katie Johnson ...

Amazingly, an $85 million Fayetteville project that tells the story of the Civil War and its aftermath has navigated today's ...