Immediately after the Civil War ended, Southern states enacted "black codes" that allowed African Americans certain rights, such as legalized marriage, ownership of property, and limited access to ...

History is more than what we learn in textbooks—it’s a living, breathing narrative that continues to shape the present. There are stories buried beneath the surface, pieces of history that challenge ...

An illustration of Black people ... these states had to accept both the Fifteenth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment, which granted citizenship to all people born in the United States ...