PHILATELISTSIt all started in the early 19th century, when the postal system was, frankly, a bit of a mess. Back then, ...

After founding the Journal, Woodson decided to go further and start “Negro History Week” in 1926. He timed this for the ...

When J D Harris (1833–84) began studying medicine in 1863, there were few African American doctors whose paths he could follow. The first university-trained African American physician, James McCune ...

As Frieze Los Angeles shines a spotlight on art in the city, one community, long facing institutional apathy, calls for ...

Can you name 10 kings or queens from history in 60 seconds? No Googling! Go!How did you do? High five if you got all 10! But ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...