Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe ...

Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.

After the Civil War, 20 Black families relocated to Caledonia in Livingston County from the south to start a new life.

Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American military at the time, the force mixed white and Black volunteers in the same ...

Mayada Ageeb has been holding protests in downtown Montreal every two weeks, calling for Quebec and Canada to do more to ...

Not long after the Civil War, hundreds of Black families lived and thrived in Forsyth County, owning their own land and creating wealth. But in 1912, that development came to a halt after a white ...

When Tarence Bailey Sr. received a formal memo from the Maryland National Guard declining to support a celebration for ...

Former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), has revealed details of the foiled coup allegedly led by his ...

Education is a big part of Black History Month, and one Johnson County family has a history of fighting for education for the ...

This was a mere six months after the end of the Civil War, at a time when Southern states ... new ways of supporting and feeding their families. In this era, the stereotype is that men felt ...