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CALL CONGRESS 1-844-USA-0234 DIAL ONLY ONE NUMBER Democrats won control of Virginia's legislature—making it likely that the commonwealth will...

Attorney Ben Crump on Trayvon Martin: Since 2012, the families of several unarmed young American black men shot to death by police in high-profile...

White teachers—mostly women—dominated Virginia freedmen's schools during Reconstruction, but African Americans eventually won the opportunity...

After the divisive, destructive Civil War, Abraham Lincoln had a plan to reconcile the country and make it whole again. Then he got shot, Andrew...

Color of Change national effort aimed to build Black political power from the ground up. The National Bail Out collective is a Black-led and...

The National Bail Out collective is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a...

The most powerful elected official you may not know. District attorneys (DAs) are more than just prosecutors. The district attorney’s job is to...

In this animated interview, the sociologist Bruce Western explains the current inevitability of prison for certain demographics of young black men...

In the National Archives'-produced video short "Discovering the Civil War" the creators of this exhibition share little-known facts and...

A freedman or freedwoman is a former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, slaves were freed either by...

Shortly before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. called for an economic revolution with protections for the poorest Americans. Half a century...