Slavery

The Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state’s public school social studies curriculum this summer.

It was only in recent years that the Neill-Cochran House Museum discovered the two-story outbuilding on its site was originally used to house enslaved people. Now, the museum is trying to reincorporate that history into the property's narrative — and the story of Austin as a whole.

This weekend, Texans will celebrate Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day enslaved African-Americans were liberated in Texas — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. That happened when Union troops arrived in Galveston, where on Saturday many will celebrate with a Juneteenth parade and the dedication of a new mural.

June 19 is a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

In a new book, Bryan Burrough and co-writers Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford challenge the historical lore of the Alamo — including the story that Davy Crockett refused to surrender.

The yes vote comes a day after the Senate unanimously moved to recognize June 19 as a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States.

Companies are responding to a social movement fueled by the killing of George Floyd, a 47-year-old Black man who died in Minneapolis while in police custody.

Juneteenth is an annual celebration held on June 19 to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in America.

Advocates say they hope a constitutional amendment would end the use of forced labor in the prison system. If passed, the measure would go before voters in November.

The legislation would create a commission that would study the effects of slavery and racial discrimination, hold hearings and recommend "appropriate remedies" to Congress.