The sun wasn’t up yet when a dozen people began to gather on Wednesday at an all-Black cemetery in this South Texas border ...

U.S. Supreme Court ruling still influences American jurisprudence, highlighting the ongoing impact of slavery laws on ...

Because of a lack of record keeping during the slavery era, tracking African American ancestry is a challenge. But a report ...

She said she was drawn to South Texas after reading an article about the Underground Railroad and a cemetery that holds the remains of a family that helped slaves cross from what is now Pharr ...

Henry “Box” Brown’s idea to ship his way to freedom might have been the most successful disappearing act of all time.

The Alamo, where the defeat of Texas revolutionaries by Mexican forces inspired an iconic battle cry, marks its 189th anniversary on Thursday.

On the Texas A&M campus right outside Rudder Tower stands a symbol of progress: a statue of Matthew Gaines. Born into slavery ...

March 2 marks key moments in history, from Yahoo’s incorporation to Concorde’s groundbreaking test flight in 1969. It also ...

But she was soon finding currency in a whole new realm — unearthing the untold gold mine of Texas Black history. She came upon the Library of Congress archives, wherein the WPA “Slave ...

Texas was still a Mexican state that outlawed slavery, but the Baptists brought slaves and the institution of slavery with them, and Texas became an independent republic in 1836. Baylor’s first ...