The critiques of figures like Garvey, Carmichael, Newton, and Baldwin remind us of historical patterns of resistance and ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

ABC 33/40 is taking time to honor the achievements and legacies of African Americans for Black History Month.Each day we will ...

1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting Black American men the right to vote, was ratified. 1913, the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for a federal income ...

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled a nationwide ban on handgun sales to young adults is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found a ...

This project will reconstruct and expand the playground in Kelly Park, including play equipment, spray shower, swings, seating areas, benches, security lighting, fencing, drainage and water supply, ...

and the 15th amendment (granting voting rights irrespective of race), the 14th amendment became a cornerstone of the Reconstruction era. It aimed to dismantle the legal framework of slavery and ...

More from the Fact-Check Team: How we pick and research claims | Email newsletter | Facebook page The proposed constitutional amendment would prevent presidents who served two consecutive terms, ...

On his first day in office, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order attacking birthright citizenship, the constitutional right giving automatic citizenship to any person born in the states ...

The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment ... “The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments were designed to enshrine Lincoln’s promise of a new America.” The amendment’s first ...