Racial segregation in classrooms edged upward over the past three decades, according to the work of two prominent sociologists. Across America’s largest school districts, the expansion of school ...

Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, NBC’s veteran newsman Tom Brokaw called for a “holistic” approach to addressing gun violence, and said that remaining silent on the issue is akin to not ...

Route 40 spans the nation from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey, through parts of Maryland, to those of the Pacific off San Francisco, some 3,000-plus miles across the ...

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court laid out a new precedent: Separate but equal has no place in American schools.The message of Brown v. Board of Education was clear. But 70 years later, the impact of ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — It was just a different era is all George Williams can say when he thinks about growing up in the 1950s and '60s as a kid. He said it's a period in his life marked by segregation.

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Norman Hill was at the AFL-CIO office in Washington, D.C., in August 1965, and recalls cheering when he learned the Voting Rights Act had passed Congress. He then took a moment to ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The story of desegregating public transportation in Shreveport doesn’t begin with freedom riders in the early 1960s, but begins instead with five Black preachers who ...

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. - We are delving into the history of one of the first African American students to integrate into Douglas County Schools, who now serves as the chief of police of Douglasville. Gary ...