It was taken from the family by the federal government’s D.C. Commission in 1931. Because they were Black. “The Presence of this house, with its colored occupants, so close to a white school ...

White or black smoke could be expected around 7-8 p.m. local time (1-2 p.m. ET). If a final decision isn't made the first day, people can expect the next smoke signal to be shared mid-morning the next ...

And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill the sky. Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21. He was 88 years old ...

If ever there was an election to prove that every vote counts, it was the May 3 Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office millage ...

John Howard Griffin, left in New Orleans in 1959, asked what "adjustments" a white man would have to make if he were black. Don Rutledge ... He was certain he’d shined these shoes before ...