After the Civil War, the South’s economy, society, and government were in shambles. Southern state governments struggled to raise money to repair damaged infrastructure and to support new expenses ...
University of Texas at Austin Prof. Talitha LeFlouria presented her research about “the South’s most inconspicuous workforce” — incarcerated Black women — Tuesday afternoon in Harris Hall. The event, ...
The Texas Historical Commission is honoring with a historical marker the 95 unmarked graves that Fort Bend ISD discovered in 2018 during the construction of a school. Archaeologists believe that the ...
"Portions of the text were previously published as 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Cuts Cordwood : Exploring Black Women's Lives and Labor in Georgia's Convict Camps, 1865-1917,' Labor : Studies in ...
Beginning in Philadelphia in the late 1700s, the U.S. prison system has evolved over the centuries to become the largest in the world.