By: Debra Blacklock-Sloan Gregory Elementary School, aka Gregory Institute, born out of the Freedmen’s Bureau Schools (1865), opened in January 1870. The school was named...
By: Fred Smith Black August is observed each August as a period of remembrance, education and reflection on Black resistance, political struggle and the long...
By: La’Queda Davis La’Queda Davis wasn’t a top-rated high school recruit growing up in Houston’s Acres Homes neighborhood. Overlooked by scouts, she pressed forward anyway...
By: Jeannie Coleman On July 11, 2026, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church’s Boy Scout Troop 242 celebrated an extraordinary milestone as eight Afro-American Scouts were awarded...
Civil Rights Leader Rev. Al Sharpton to Deliver the Eulogy for Nolan Xavier Wells and Attorney Ben Crump to Deliver the Call to Justice; Media...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson The history of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is often brought up in modern political debates, but the organization’s origins and...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson On Saturday June 20, Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis revealed future plans for Remembrance Park which will span three...
WASHINGTON — Severe storms that swept across Washington, D.C., on July 4 sent Independence Day crowds off the National Mall and into nearby shelters, including...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson When you think of the Fourth of July, you prob- ably picture fireworks, backyard barbecues, and the red, white, and blue....
By: Roy Douglas Malonson The 1965 Voting Rights Act is one of the most important laws in American history. Signed during the Civil Rights Movement,...
