The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired ...

The first hand-operated rotary egg beaters were invented just before the Civil War (but were not connected to slavery or states’ rights). Prior to that time eggs were hand-whipped (not as ...

The Trump Administration wants us to believe that somehow trying to integrate Black people into society hurts the white ...

In new book 'The Jew Who Would Be King,' historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived a shipwreck ...

This past Thursday was Take Your Child to Work Day. My twins were in school, but I was able to take my daughter, Stella, and son, Paulie, to work with me. We had a blast. We spent the morning doing ...

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

In its musical moments, Ryan Coogler's vampire blockbuster makes a powerful statement about Black culture, ancestry, and art.

In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.

The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ...

Today, its multisource dataset, currently housed at Rice University, features information on more than 30,000 slaving vessels ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ...