During Juneteenth celebrations last week, Cherokee Nation leaders shared the findings of a recent task force focused on identifying service gaps and improving equality for tribal citizens of Freedmen ...

Muscogee Freedmen have asked the tribal nation’s Supreme Court to enforce its ruling granting them citizenship after the ...

In 2023, there are places in the United States where some Black people are still denied the right to vote, access federal services and receive unequal criminal justice rights in spite of U.S. law.

Relatives of former slaves owned by the Muscogee Nation are objecting to a transfer of city land to the tribe.

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 ...

Marilyn Vann always knew her background and where her family came from. She knew she was a Cherokee Freedman, a descendant of former slaves, and that she deserved to have full tribal citizenship, just ...

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 ...

Back in November, a contractor doing utility work on Andrews Street accidentally tore into the historic brick street. About 200 of them were removed or damaged. Historians believe the bricks were laid ...

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 ...

The brick streets, once the pride of black Houston, are now a bumpy mess, more asphalt patches than brick. On that, at least, everybody agrees. And these days, at least, everyone agrees that Andrews ...

The Freedmen's Town Preservation Coalition is continuing its campaign to stop the removal of the bricks which pave that historic neighborhood west of downtown Houston. The bricks would have to be ...

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