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, ...

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As anti-trans legislation has ramped up, historian Jules Gill-Peterson turns the lens to the past in her book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny.... The history of trans misogyny is the history of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oak Park, Montgomery's first park, was white-only until the mid-1960s. Binita Mahato, CC BY-ND Montgomery, Alabama, touts itself ...

California’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing law says local housing policy must include meaningful actions to replace “segregated living patterns with truly integrated and balanced living ...

At 42, Tameka Bostick decided she wanted to learn how to swim. Bostick said she tried to sign her teenager up for lessons, too, but her daughter said she wanted her mother to learn to swim first. "'Ma ...

KSHB 41 reporter Fernanda Silva covers stories in the Northland. She learned about Banneker School's history during our Let's Talk Series in Parkville. She also focuses on issues surrounding ...

Josh Gibson died in January 1947, a little more than three months before Jackie Robinson broke professional baseball's so-called "color barrier." Despite never playing a single inning in the two ...

Black History Month is being celebrated across the Upstate with events in Anderson, Pickens, and Oconee counties.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Coming Street Fire Station in Charleston serves as a physical reminder of the contributions and accomplishments of the Black community in Charleston. With its extensive ...