This legally meant Wood could work as a free Black woman. She remembered that period ... Following Wood's return to Cincinnati in 1870, she sued Ward for $20,000 in damages and lost wages ...

Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...

Former Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks made history Friday when she was sworn in as Maryland’s first Black U.S. senator. Alsobrooks was flanked by Sen. Chris Van Hollen ...