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A deadly massacre of the post-slavery era finally gets a suitable memorial
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExactly 150 years after a violent massacre left dozens of Black people dead, the small Louisiana...
Louisiana town erects monument to pay homage to victims of bloody Colfax Massacre
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Colfax Massacre was the deadliest atrocity of the Reconstruction Era in the South. A new...
Letter: Incidents of voter restrictions are part of U.S. history
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn regards to the gentleman who said voter restriction is not, nor has it ever been, a problem in...
The Least Irredeemable Confederate General Is Finally Getting His Day in the Sun
Slate via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt’s hard to see Elizabeth Varon’s new biography of James Longstreet becoming a runaway bestseller,...
The Attack on Paul Pelosi and America's Long History of Political Violence
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA San Francisco police officer stands guard in front of the home of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy...
Walk a mile in Black Hendersonville's shoes
Times-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRecently there was a brouhaha about a certain County Commissioner’s unfortunate social media posting depicting his belief that people of a certain color...
The Colfax Massacre: The mass shooting that made America
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOPINION: 150 years ago today, a white supremacist act of domestic terrorism set the stage for Black...