In this interview, Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina discusses the connection he sees between today’s politics and the ...

Mr. Carter and Mr. Fields, both Democrats, represent the two majority-Black congressional districts in Louisiana. The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a case ...

I grew up in Louisiana during the Jim Crow era. After the Civil War, Black people began to gain power during Reconstruction. White Southern Democrats did not like this and began passing what was known ...

Lee Hawkins's book argues for expanding the reparations debate to include survivors of the Jim Crow era. The Jim Crow era subjected Black people to racial segregation, violence, and systemic ...

From Jesse Jackson to Angela Davis, we’re honoring the last living Civil Rights icons who are still with us today. From the lunch counter to the ballot box to Selma marches to the Black Panthers, the ...

A sign calling for the return of racial segregation laws was spotted over — and quickly removed from — Interstate 25 in Denver on Sunday. Denver officers removed two banners hanging from a pedestrian ...

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Both Republican and Democratic leaders in Virginia are condemning a protest sign targeting Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) that was shown at a protest in Arlington County. The Arlington school ...

JOHNNY JOEY JONES (CO-HOST): Lastly to Clyburn, if it's Jim Crow 2.0, just so you know, Jim Crow was pretty bad, but Jim Crow 2.0 is kind of great. I mean, we have it in Georgia and we had more people ...