During World War I, federal agents raided the offices of the German-language newspaper, the Cincinnati Volkblatt, looking for proof of treason.

The attacks on Black East St. Louisans in May and July 1917 are commonly known as race riots, but the violence could easily be described as a massacre. It’s the term W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells and ...

SPRINGFIELD — It was a tale told by older generations to the younger generations, of men shot and killed and their bodies tossed into a creek during one of the fiercest race riots in the country. That ...

HOUSTON — The U.S. Army is overturning the convictions of 110 Black soldiers -- 19 of whom were executed -- after they were found guilty of murder, mutiny and assault after a riot during the summer of ...

Community organizations in East St. Louis are forming a committee to discuss reparations for the city's 1917 massacre. During World War I between July 1 and July 3, a race riot broke out in East St.