The history of New York City (1665–1783) began with the establishment of English rule over Dutch New Amsterdam and New Netherland. As the newly renamed City of … More

On August 22, 1776, New Yorkers heard the cannon blasts of the Battle of Long Island. Five days later, an … More

Convict leasing was a system of penal labor practiced in the Southern United States and overwhelmingly targeting African American men. Convict leasing provided prisoner labor … More

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public … More

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in … More

Captain William Lynch (1742–1820) was a man from Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He claimed to be the source of the terms “lynch law” and “lynching.” … More

The Camp Logan Mutiny (also called the Houston Riot of 1917) occurred on 23 August 1917. It was a mutiny and riot by … More

The Rosewood massacre was a racially motivated massacre of black people and destruction of a black town that took place during the first week … More

The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Thursday, … More

64% of U.S. adults say CDC mostly gets the facts about the outbreak right; 30% say the same about Trump … More

– Black people are less than 13% of the U.S. population, and they make up only 14% of regular drug … More