Midland ISD Vice President Josh Guinn, elected in 2024, announced his intentions to rename Legacy High School on July 4. He said the name Lee honors the “patriotic legacy that binds us,” and a “symbol ...

Gloria Smith discovered she was descended from residents of Dabney Hill and took it upon herself to preserve the remnants of ...

Emancipation Day celebrates when Andrew Johnson freed his slaves on August 8, 1863. Sam Johnson, a former slave, set up the ...

Once symbols of racial exclusion, San Antonio's public pools are now targets for equity and reinvestment of millions of ...

FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response 'a model' for dealing with disaster The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of ...

Marshall, Texas has a rich history, having served as the seat of justice for the Panola Judicial District, the first ...

Oklahoma State Senator Nikki Nice advocates for recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday, citing Oklahoma's historic ties.

USD History Professor Shares Insight on Black Queer History and Juneteenth in KPBS Interviews Monday, July 21, 2025 Academics, Changemaker, Community Engagement, Faculty and Staff, Inclusive ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, although it is not universally observed. Oklahoma County observes it, ...

Timeless in Texas A look back: World War II history with a Social Security link John Gilbert Winant, the ambassador to Great Britain in the early 1940s, became the first head of the Social ...

Discounting tuition for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children has a long bipartisan history. Texas’ law was signed by Republican then-Gov. Rick Perry and 23 red and blue states, plus ...