As if his own biography — being the first Black Republican elected to the Senate since Reconstruction — isn’t a sign of how racism endures. In his endorsement of Trump, Scott suggested the ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has become the longest-serving Black senator in U.S. history, as the 119th Congress begins Friday. Scott was appointed to the Senate in 2012 by then-Gov. Nikki Haley (R ...

No Black Alabamian has ever been elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. And only four Black lawmakers have been elected to represent the state since Reconstruction. “This is an historic moment for ...

Library of Congress Historians describe white Southerners ... rise to white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction. Drew Gilpin Faust: Mary Lee of Winchester [Virginia ...

On Jan. 3 in Washington, D.C. the Congressional Black Caucus of the 119 th Congress held a ceremonial swearing-in for its 62 members. Included in the number were nine new members. Among the nine ...

Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the ...

Southern legislatures begin drafting "Black Codes" to re-establish ... March 2: The new session of Congress begins to pass additional reconstruction laws, overriding President Johnson's vetoes ...