The Blues Trail was created nearly two decades ago with markers located at significant places that helped shape the genre.

U.S. Military bases were named after Confederate soldiers to appease white supremacists; it was right to rename them.

Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church ...

Staffers at a unionized theater in Colorado have joined their New York colleagues in protesting cuts at the Sony-owned ...

The 157 men under William B. Travis’ command were surrounded by thousands of Mexican soldiers at the Alamo when he penned one ...

A 33-year-old Alamo resident has confessed to human smuggling charges, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Eusebio ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed ...

Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026.

One area that hasn’t been explored much yet is how extreme weather events are creating conditions for a rise in modern slavery. Legal scholar Daniel Ogunniyi, who has done research in this field ...

Slavery lasted for approximately 246 years from 1619 to 1865. In addition to that, there were 12 years of R econstruction and 91 years of J im Crowism (legalized discrimination). It is estimated that ...