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So-called for both the rich soil and the labor that worked it, the Black Belt begins on U.S. Highway 80 at the hamlet of Cuba, 20 miles east of Meridian.

South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn plans to step down from House Democratic leadership but will still seek reelection in 2024, he confirmed on Wednesday. Clyburn had served as Majority Whip before the current Congress and became Assistant Democratic leader in 2023. He first entered Congres

In 2020, Fresno City Council vowed to rename a baseball field bearing the name of the man who brought the Ku Klux Klan to California. Four years on, the community is still waiting.

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyA major city in California—marred by its history with the Ku Klux Klan—has stalled its efforts to change the title of a park that was named after an early 20th century white supremacist.Nearly four years after Fresno City Council passed a resolution to rename the John Euless Ballpark and review and potentially rename other city landmarks with associations to “cultural or historic figure[s] known to be racist or bi...

How does a community talk about and teach its dark and not so glamorous history?

In kindergarten, I was the shortest kid in all of South Salem’s Lewisboro Elementary School. This made me the target of kids who called me names (midget, mouse, and runt were among the kindest). They hurled insulting jokes at me (“What’s the difference between a dwarf and a midget?” “Very little...

NILES — A black author and musician said the “power of dialogue” can ignite change in people as he shared his experience of having personal interviews wit

ComeUnity for Social Justice, in association with the Elmhurst AAUW Branch, and the Elmhurst Park District, will present a special event, "Difficult Conversations," an educational program with small group discussion.

VICE News built a database out of the public neo-Nazi actions over the last four years and it shows a dramatic increase year over year that's only growing.

Getty/HandoutThree years ago, the Tennessee state Senate voted of 20-to-9 to keep July 13 a Day of Special Observance marking the birthday of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a millionaire slave trader, Confederate general, mass murderer of more than 200 Black Union POWs, and the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.The legislature did remove a bust of Forrest from the Capitol and Gov. Bill Lee stopped issuing a proclamation on Forrest’s birthday. But Tennessee continued to observe July 13 as Na...