This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t ...

The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in ...

Dr. Carolyn Carter, a historian and genealogist, discussed the challenges and importance of tracing African American family ...

The elderly population (age 65 and over) in the state grew 3.2% between July 2023 and July 2024, according to U.S. Census ...

For example, in our 2013 report on Asian Americans, we could only report characteristics of the 15 subgroups for which the Census Bureau makes data available (though this may change going forward). In ...

We examine the long-run impacts of exposure to a Black teacher for both Black and white students. Leveraging data from the Tennessee STAR class-size experiment, we show that Black students randomly ...

With the Trump administration aggressively trying to increase the number of immigration arrests, raids are now being ...

Like many African Americans, my search was blocked by what’s referred to as the “1870’s wall.” That’s because prior to 1870, the United States Census did not note enslaved and formerly ...

It would be amusing if it weren’t so serious. Last weekend’s expressions of supposed free speech were almost universally ...

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal ...

Africa and Black Americans -- Captives transported, 1619-ca. 1850 -- A diasporic people, 1630-ca. 1850 -- Those who were free, ca. 1770-1859 -- Those who were enslaved, ca. 1770-1859 -- Civil War and ...

In addition, Puerto Rican people were more likely to smoke cigarettes compared with Dominican and Mexican American people living in the United States. 89 Sex-specific data based on race and ethnicity ...