Part genealogy study, part haunting narrative, historian Mary Frances Berry’s new book, “Slavery After Slavery: ...

California’s Legislative Black Caucus and the Reparations Task Force continue their fight to scrape away at the last vestiges ...

California is well known for its costly housing, high end apparel, high class lifestyle, and entertainment industry. It’s ...

The census is mandated by the US Constitution. “The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...

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

When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed suit and immediately started using prisons like Folsom and San Quentin to ...

The scope of President Trump’s challenge to the existing constitutional order — largely through a blitzkrieg of executive ...

Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...