Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Donald Trump is not asking the Federal Reserve to lower its short-term interest rates, ...

The Center for Public Integrity’s landmark project, 40 Acres and a Lie has taken second place in the annual Philip Meyer ...

AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY CLASS: The Howland Library Branch, 9095 East Market St., will offer an African American Genealogy class 3 p.m. Tuesday for adults. Learn to trace your family history using ...

For example, The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (or Freedmen's Bureau), established by Congress on March 3, 1865, has a wealth of searchable information. Established to ...

Northern aid societies come down to help create schools. The Freedmen's Bureau puts money into creating schools. But most of the schools that spring up are actually created by blacks themselves.

Oliver Otis Howard, Civil War general; recipient of the Medal of Honor; commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau; among the founders of Howard University (1850) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Civil War ...

This article invites you to explore Freedmen’s Town in Houston through a virtual adventure. It highlights the area’s rich ...