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 ...

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, ...

Trans women have become culturally associated with the violence they face, both in sympathy and stigma. The historian Jules Gill-Peterson looks to how that came to be in her book, A Short History of ...

On a chilly Friday in February, students of La Porte ISD’s Academy of Viola DeWalt learned about the history behind their school’s namesake. DeWalt was the first Black teacher in La Porte ISD, and ...

A new exhibit coming to Philadelphia will explore the experiences of swimming while Black as it relates to America’s history of segregated swimming. Located in the former Kelly Pool within the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MADISON, Fla. (AP) — Tens of thousands of ...

In February for Black History Month, USA TODAY Sports is publishing the series "29 Black Stories in 29 Days." We examine the issues, challenges and opportunities Black athletes and sports officials ...

As anti-trans legislation has ramped up, historian Jules Gill-Peterson turns the lens to the past in her book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny.... The history of trans misogyny is the history of ...

MADISON, Fla. (AP) — Tens of thousands of students have left Florida's public schools in recent years amid an explosive expansion in school choice. Now, districts large and small are grappling with ...