Many men were prone or shackled when the dogs attacked. Several men said officers shouted racial slurs as dogs bit into their flesh.

About two months after the Civil War ended, slaves in America learned of their emancipation. It was June 19, 1865, 158 years ago.

It’s no secret that in the Black community, when it came to mental health, silence ruled as many families adopted a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ mentality. Black folks didn’t talk about their “touched” uncle locked in the back room, or they urged their loved ones to “suck it up because if we made it through slavery, we could make it through anything.”

A remark Gov. Henry McMaster has been making about Democrats at Republican events for the last three decades ignited outcry over the weekend as Democrats say the comment promotes violence and evokes South Carolina’s sordid history of slavery.

The United States was built on more than just the work of our founding fathers. Channel 13 speaks with a UNLV professor who's making sure the Black perspective is not forgotten. Rachel Moore reports.

The United States was built on more than just the work of our founding fathers. There are, of course, men and women of different colors and races who helped form this country. Channel 13 speaks with a UNLV professor who's making sure the Black perspective is not forgotten.

The United States was built on more than just the work of our founding fathers. There are of course men and women of different colors, race and creed who helped form this country.

A few weeks ago, two California lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban the use of police dogs to arrest or apprehend suspects — or as a form of crowd control. The California Department of Justice says in 2021, police dogs caused more serious injuries or deaths than either tasers or batons, and that nearly two-thirds of use-of-force incidents involving dogs were against people who are Black or Latino.