A murder over slander in 1896. Last weekend, Briscoe Cain III wished his son, Briscoe Cain IV, a happy birthday
Category: History
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
What Are Public Schools In Texas Teaching Your Children?
Christopher Columbus discovered America, the Civil War was about states’ rights, and colonization was good. History in Texas has already
Injustice In Polk County: The Murder OF Bob White
Before we began to #SayTheirNames, thousands of Black and brown bodies in America, whose names we forgot or never knew,
Allen West Embarrasses Himself, With Southern Strategy Denial Rhetoric
Allen West blames Democrats for racism prior to the Southern Strategy, paints the modern-day Democrats as Conservative oppressors. Allen West
The Tragic Murder Of Henry Lee Johnson
Henry Lee Johnson was a 15-year-old murdered in the parking lot of an all-white club in 1980. Despite a confession
Staying In Your Lane – The Fight Over The Kaufman Confederate Statue
Part four of the history of racial violence in Kaufman County, TX. Part One – Staying In Your Lane –
Staying In Your Lane – The Rise Of Kaufman County Ku Klux Klan
Part three of the history of racial violence in Kaufman County, TX. Part One – Staying In Your Lane –
Staying In Your Lane – Say Their Names, Kaufman County
Part two of the history of racial violence in Kaufman County, TX. “Staying In Your Lane,” is a series on
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