We've all seen those infamous images from the early-20th century South that serve as a harrowing reminder of the Jim Crow era — the water fountains designated for "colored" people only, separate dining rooms for Black people in restaurants,

The Supreme Court’s six-to-three Republican-appointed majority issued a staggering ruling on Wednesday essentially killing the remaining protections of the Voting Rights Act, de

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VINITA, Okla. – Just weeks after Oklahoma became the nation’s 46th state in 1907, the Oklahoma Senate passed its first law — a Jim Crow law—calling for mandatory segregation ...

Members of the Edward Livingston Historical Association recently explored the continuity of arguments prominent Southerners used, sometimes 100 years apart, to defend chattel slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws. Dr. Keith M. Finley, an associate ...

Bill Clinton compares voter ID laws to Jim Crow: “There has never been in my lifetime, since we got rid of the poll tax and all the Jim Crow burdens on voting, the determined effort to limit the franchise that we see today,” the former president said ...

Podcaster Joe Rogan is once again diving into the political crossfire, this time over the heated national debate surrounding voter ID laws. During a recent episode of his show, Rogan expressed disbelief that many Democrats continue to compare voter ID ...

The SAVE Act, which the House approved with only four Democratic votes, is now stalled in the Senate, where it’s described by Democrats as "Jim Crow 2.0." But that description insults not just today's American voters, but also the memory of post-Civil ...