People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who planted seeds for what became Black History Month a century ago ...

Rufus Estes served presidents, a princess, and world-famous musicians as a chef on Pullman cars before becoming one of the ...

Good morning, Chicago. With dark-rimmed glasses balanced in the middle of his nose as he looked down on the man President ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

In the "Cowboy Carter Chronicles," Digital Producer Jyesha Johnson explores Beyoncé's groundbreaking impact on country music and its historical ties to Black culture. Beyoncé's album, "Cowboy Carter," ...

Our leaders used to deserve respect There was once a time when public officials earned and deserved respect. A time when ...

The Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) leader, Mavai Somasundaram Senathiraja, is no more. During the time he was displaced from Jaffna ...

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In 1888, struck by the number of orphans she was continuing to find around Atlanta, she founded the Carrie Steele Orphans Home.

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