As February, Black History Month, marks the return of the African American Patriots tour, the Freedom Trail Foundation looks forward to highlighting the rich Black history that originated in Boston by ...

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

Bill Gates’s first memoir; new novels by Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and TJ Klune; a Booker Prize nominee and more.

Claude McKay, one of the most influential figures in the Harlem Renaissance, left behind a rich collection of poetry that ...

Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston and Lauryn Hill’s album of the year wins all came in the 1990s. Beyoncé’s fifth shot, for ...

Meet the altruistic young guns hellbent on making the Rust Belt town a cultural epicenter and building community in the ...

Iris’ life began Feb. 6, 1925, in Springfield, Missouri. Her parents were Edward and Cora Mae (Ward) Raffety. Iris attended school in Springfield and on Aug. 30, 1941, she was united in marriage to ...

History books can only cover so much, and most of us haven’t cracked one open since we were in college. But if you want to ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

When we read the headlines, in our focus on who is fighting, we forget about who gets left behind,' remarks Caitríona ...

Adele MacVeagh Clurman Bourne Adele MacVeagh Clurman Bourne, teacher, poet, playwright, and social justice activist, died on January 11, at HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence, RI, from he ...

As President Donald Trump spitfires fundamental challenges to whatever good is left in our country, I often take solace in an enduring meme — meaning, the viral images and gags circulating social ...