Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy old black and white photo In the annals of our nation’s history, a recurrent narrative unfolds ...

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland approved the Cherokee Nation’s constitution with protections for Freedmen yesterday, prompting calls from civil rights activists for her to work with other Native ...

Last year’s social uprising encouraged conversations about this country’s history of racism, systemic and systematic oppression of Black people in America with many now wanting to know more about ...

Ean McCants' family has a long and storied history that stretches back to the days before 1907 when Oklahoma was called Indian Territory. “My family lived in Sandtown,” McCants said. “My grandmother ...

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Driving through Houston's Freedmen's Town in Fourth Ward, you might notice parts of Andrews and Wilson Streets are made of bricks. But do you know they represent an ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Freedmen’s Town Community Investment Initiative launched with the goal of equitably revitalizing the once-thriving Black Houston community. The Initiative aims to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As the U.S. faces a reckoning over its history of racism, some Native American tribal nations that once owned slaves also are grappling with their own mistreatment of Black people ...

The world’s largest digitized and searchable collection of Freedmen’s Bureau and Freedman’s Bank records is now available on Ancestry.com, providing free online access to information that can help the ...

Tammy Ozier knows the story of how one of her ancestors risked his life to rescue his two sisters from enslavement. She just hopes the tale is true. As the family legend has it, Ozier’s ancestor, ...

House lawmakers are considering legislation that would withhold federal funds from tribal nations who discriminate against Freedmen, the descendants of people they once enslaved. The House Committee ...

Four tribes now face pressure from both the Biden administration and Congress to grant full tribal rights to people known as the Freedmen, whose ancestors the tribes enslaved. By Chris Cameron Members ...