The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of exploration in the United States as a number of expeditions were ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson at a Baptist church in Arlington. Dobson’s ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. once visited Juanita Craft in her 1,300-square-foot South Dallas home to plan the future of the Civil Rights Movement. Why it matters: Craft — ...

On Feb. 6, 1958, a British airliner crashed upon takeoff from a Munich, Germany, airport. The crash killed 23 people, ...

Tevin Terrell Semien, 30, was sentenced for the second-degree murder of 68-year-old Karon “Dinkers” Conneywerdy Smith. He was ...

From white-sand beaches to lakefront views and even a riverwalk filled with shopping and dining, these five Southern ...

On Feb. 5, 1919, screen legends Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists.

After stumbling upon her rich family history, the Fort Worth woman made it her mission to save a historic freedom colony in ...

The National black Cowboy Rodeo Awards & Gala payed homage to Black rodeo cowboy legends and present-day cowboys who forged a ...

From cook-offs to festivals to art exhibits and read-ins, North Texas is celebrating Black history in February.

The Black-owned restaurant scene in the Greater Austin area offers everything from soul food to Caribbean cuisine.

The path toward equity in Austin education is long and fraught. Efforts to create fair learning opportunities for all ...