William Sturkey

An overlooked effect of the legislation, passed 60 years ago this week, was its powerful message of hope for Black Americans.

Sewing for voting in post-Jim Crow Mississippi.

The late civil-rights leader understood that grassroots organizing was key to delivering political power to Black Americans in the South.

For centuries, stories of Black communities have been limited by racism in the historical record. Now we can finally follow the trails they left behind.

The selection of African American Sen. Hiram Revels in 1870 offered great hope — but it was soon dashed.

Move beyond the Confederate monument debate and recognize the black people whose lives and labor laid our society's foundations.

Confederate monuments were essential pieces of white supremacist propaganda.