Racial segregation in public schools and the controversial concept of "separate but equal" were unanimously declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court on this day in history, May 17, ...

"It was going to happen," said former city councilman Charley Fisher III. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Dr. Eva Doyle describes herself as one of the "regular Saturday shoppers" at the Tops supermarket on ...

Black History Month in the United States is a time to focus on and celebrate the history of Black Americans. However, as we approach the 70 th anniversary in May of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision ...

Last summer the U.S. Supreme Court struck down universities’ use of race-based affirmative action, forbidding schools from considering race in deciding whether to admit qualified applicants. The high ...

Segregation is a common tale in American cities — most practiced discrimination in housing loans and urban renewal — but at the same time, every town has its own unique narratives. After the Civil War ...

Half a century before Ruby Bridges was born, a crowd of children defied school segregation in the town of Sheffield, Mass. It all began in the fall of 1903, when some of the white parents complained ...

Last month, an article was published in the Connecticut Mirror detailing the story of a recent Hartford Public School graduate who was never taught to read or write. This student, Aleysha Ortiz, first ...

America has long been subject to the restriction of people to specific spaces based on their race, a phenomenon also known as racial segregation. The nation holds a long history of witnessing African ...

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Eight people were murdered at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, over the weekend. Mass shootings in primary schools, houses of worship, nightclubs and parades haven’t been enough to ...