Nearly 50 years later, too many questions go unanswered. Frank J. Robinson, the grandson of enslaved people, was born in
Category: History
The Forgotten History Of The Dallas Serial Bombings
Dozens of racially motivated bombings rocked Dallas for decades. The long-forgotten history of a time when Black families lived in
Death To Sundown Towns! Death To Throckmorton!
Karma kills Sundown Towns. Although this story is about Throckmorton, Texas, it starts in the sleepy little town of Rotan,
The 1933 Brutal And Gruesome Act In Kountze, Texas
*Trigger Warning* Death, Violence, Racial Terror On Sunday, December 2, 1933, Mellie William Brockman, a white woman, left her Hardin
Why Does Dallas Have A Street Named After A Human Trafficker And Slaveowner?
A new campaign to change Akard Street in emerges in Dallas. W.C.C. Akard was a wealthy merchant from Missouri. Akard
The One-Term House Rep Who Had Himself Shot And Blamed Satanists
In 1981, East Texas fundamentalist Mike W. Martin (R) had his cousin shoot him and then told everyone it was
The Last Time America Forgave Traitors
After the Civil War we allowed traitors to America to return to the South and once again hold positions of
The Murder Trial Of Briscoe Cain
A murder over slander in 1896. Last weekend, Briscoe Cain III wished his son, Briscoe Cain IV, a happy birthday
A Hangman’s Account of Killing a Little Boy
(Trigger warning) A gripping story in an old Texas newspaper tells a first-hand account of an 1830s execution of a
In September 1883, Whites In East Texas Almost Started Race War
It was all based on rumors. What rumor? A black man bought bullets. Or a new Black family moved to
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