Waco's lynching history
This area has been going through a period of reflection and reassessment in the past few years about its rather dark racist history — well some folks in these parts …
1916 murder in Waco sparked anti-lynching campaign
In searching for death penalty info in Texas, I found about about the brutal attack on Jesse Washington, a black man, possibly retarded, by whites in Waco — a story …
The Confederate Flag
Steve Gilliard: People all over the world know what they’re looking at when they see the Confederate Flag. Regardless of what those who display the Confederate Flag may say it …
Segregation now, segregation forever
Steve Gilliard sees the school voucher program for what it is: tax-subsidized segregation. Voucher programs are sold to black parents as a solution, but in reality offer few alternatives but …