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A redistricting expert discusses Tom Delay, ‘dummymanders,’ and the long history of racial gerrymandering in the state.
The community San Basilio de Palenque was founded in the 17th century by escaped enslaved Africans who were led by Benkos ...
Domestic migration has changed over the past 10 years, as Americans chase better jobs, cheaper housing and a greater quality ...
13. African Immigration, 1970–present More than 1.7 million people claim sub-Saharan ancestry, representing about 5 percent of the African-American population.
For the first time in its nearly 30-year history, the African American Cultural and Historical Museum is opening to the public. It was previously open by appointment only, but that is changing ...
Although the majority of Black people in the U.S. are African American, meeting an African American student at Brown has been an anomaly in my experience. The Black population at Brown seems to ...
For many southern African Americans, Chicago was the Promised Land. According to The History Channel, Chicago’s Black population grew by 148% between 1910 and 1920.
Except for a period between 1790 and 1820s, African-Americans made up the largest segment of the population in South Carolina until 1922.
Celebrating Black history by visiting one of these seven Black museums is one the Blackest things you could do for Black History Month.
Five locations in across Aiken County feature deep ties to African American history including Redcliffe Plantation and Hamburg-Carrsville Historical District.