US laws created during slavery are still on the books. A legal scholar wants to at least acknowledge that history in legal citations

By Justin Simard, Michigan State University As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were…

US has a long history of state lawmakers silencing elected Black officials and taking power from their constituents

By Rodney Coates, Miami University Mississippi legislators have enacted a law that would create a new judicial system covering the…