The call, one in a series the Harris campaign has held in recent weeks with Black women, white women and white “dudes,” was a rallying cry to a part of a crucial Democratic constituency seen ...

Hugh taught school and later owned a saloon, the Black Elephant, at 424 East Sixth St.; the building is still there. In 1892 he was elected representative from the 8th Ward to the Austin City Council.

Rachel L. Swarns. Amistad, $27.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-199986-4 In this layered, scrupulously researched, and wrenching chronicle, New York Times reporter Swarns takes readers to South Carolina ...