Montgomery County's newest Texas Historical Commission state marker honors one of 12 Black state legislators who served in the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. J. Goldstein DuPree is believed to be ...

Historian and author Charles Vincent says many of the stories that shaped Louisiana — and the nation — remain misunderstood ...

Alfred Richardson and Madison Davis were the first Black legislators in Athens, Ga., elected in 1868. The backlash against them still reverberates today.

More than 150 years after they were expelled from the legislature, Georgia's first Black lawmakers, known as the Original 33, are set to receive a permanent memorial in their name. State Rep. Carl ...