discusses each period of African-American history in terms of politics, violence, and legal status; labor and economic status; education; and social life. Black

Immigrants of African descent have come to Texas in waves—first as free blacks seeking economic and social opportunity under the Spanish and Mexican governmen

In the decades following the Civil War, nearly a quarter of African Americans achieved a remarkable victory—they got their own land. While other ex-slaves and

A history of independent African American settlements in Texas during the Jim Crow era, featuring historical and contemporary photographs. In the decades follow

Founded in 1962, the East Texas Historical Journal began accepting articles on African American history at a time when most scholarly journals considered the to