The state attracted national attention in 2015 when it was revealed that a social studies book had been approved that described enslaved persons from the African continent as “workers.” A working ...

Texas parents and historians say a new state curriculum's lessons on the country's history of slavery, racism and civil rights omit key context. The teaching materials are currently under review.

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Colonial Period, 1821-1835: ""Texas Must Be a Slave Country""; 2 Slavery in the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836: ""A Dull, Organic Ache""; 3 Growth and ...

The push to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, which successfully led to the first national Juneteenth observance last year, brought a new wave of attention to the history behind this celebration: ...

History is most trustworthy when all voices in the chorus are heard. Fewer Black, brown or white Texans know the lifestyles of the people enslaved on plantations, in towns and in cities, or how they ...

Enslaved people already had been freed two-and-a-half years earlier, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, according to PBS. So freedom arrived on June ...

The ship sailed through Sabine Pass in Port Arthur, at the southeast tip of Texas, carrying a group of at least eight Black men, British subjects from Barbados who’d been granted freedom from slavery.

Among the larger-than-life people in Texas history, only one can claim the title “Father of Texas”: Stephen F. Austin, the Virginia-born businessman who reluctantly accepted his father’s dying wishes ...

An 1867 Bible, three dresses and other artifacts at the Witte Museum once belonged to Sarah Tate, who was enslaved at age 41 and living east of San Antonio when news of emancipation reached Texas. In ...

ADDISON - A North Texas church founded by former slaves after the Civil War is one step closer to being able to build upon its 140-year legacy. White Rock Chapel is in the southeast corner of Addison ...

Faith and courage are often not far apart. It often takes a mixture of both to weather the scorn of those who may disagree or to say something important knowing that it may be unpopular. The history ...

A new Texas curriculum seeks to captivate first-grade students with a lesson on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s historic estate long revered for its French neoclassical architecture and as a symbol of ...