Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy old black and white photo In the annals of our nation’s history, a recurrent narrative unfolds—a tale of destruction befalling cities and communities predominantly ...

House lawmakers are considering legislation that would withhold federal funds from tribal nations who discriminate against Freedmen, the descendants of people they once enslaved. The House Committee ...

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland approved the Cherokee Nation’s constitution with protections for Freedmen yesterday, prompting calls from civil rights activists for her to work with other Native ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tribal judge for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma last week ruled that two lineal descendants of Black people who were ...

Ean McCants' family has a long and storied history that stretches back to the days before 1907 when Oklahoma was called Indian Territory. “My family lived in Sandtown,” McCants said. “My grandmother ...

The world’s largest digitized and searchable collection of Freedmen’s Bureau and Freedman’s Bank records is now available on Ancestry.com, providing free online access to information that can help the ...

Last year’s social uprising encouraged conversations about this country’s history of racism, systemic and systematic oppression of Black people in America with many now wanting to know more about ...

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Freedmen’s Town Community Investment Initiative launched with the goal of equitably revitalizing the once-thriving Black Houston community. The Initiative aims to ...

Four tribes now face pressure from both the Biden administration and Congress to grant full tribal rights to people known as the Freedmen, whose ancestors the tribes enslaved. By Chris Cameron Members ...