Part I. Ancestries : Seventy centuries of city-splitting : Before race mattered ; The long shadow of the Ziggurat ; Segregating strangers ; Scapegoat ghettos ; Quarters for classes, crafts, clans, ...

Rose Hill Cemetery is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places for local significance in the areas of Ethnic Heritage/Black and Social History for its association with racial segregation ...

Segregation is a common tale in American cities — most practiced discrimination in housing loans and urban renewal — but at the same time, every town has its own unique narratives. After the Civil War ...

Racial segregation in public schools and the controversial concept of "separate but equal" were unanimously declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court on this day in history, May 17, ...

Montgomery, Ala., touts itself as the birthplace of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. But although Montgomery now embraces its history of bus boycotts and protest marches, it remains one of the most ...

For some, the school represented a push towards equitable schooling practices within an education system that largely left Black students disengaged. For others, the school represented a newer, more ...

A new exhibit opening next week at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center near Philadelphia will share the story of African Americans in swimming. The exhibit, titled “POOL: A Social History of ...

On a chilly Friday in February, students of La Porte ISD’s Academy of Viola DeWalt learned about the history behind their school’s namesake. DeWalt was the first Black teacher in La Porte ISD, and ...

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