During the Age of Enlightenment, anything was thought possible, and for African Americans ... of the embarrassment of assimilating its black population as free men. After the invention of the ...

the majority of Africans and African Americans were slaves for life. Control over the captive population became a significant issue for whites as rebellion and fear of rebellion spread.

It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisiana’s latest ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National African American ... tohelp map out new policies.