Renfrow Smith worked as a secretary for Chicago politician and real estate businessman Oscar De Priest, who in 1928 won a ...

When Mary Ann Day Brown arrived in Red Bluff, California, on Sept. 30, 1864, the widow left behind her abolitionist-martyr ...

When Mary Ann Day Brown arrived in Red Bluff, California, on Sept. 30, 1864, the widow left behind her abolitionist-martyr ...

Kansas Statehouse murals that highlight abolitionist John Brown are among among “8 Wonders of Kansas Art” chosen through public voting in 2008.

Contemporary Christian singer Amy Grant released a new single this week that wistfully reflected on whether the riot at the U ...

January 5, 2026. The dollar climbed to a two-week high on Monday following the U.S. capture of Venezuela’s President ...

Edith Renfrow Smith, who witnessed pivotal moments in U.S. history, passed away at 111. Her life, deeply intertwined with America's history of slavery and progress, was marked by her connection to ...

Paul Cezanne’s Pommes et oranges (around 1899) is one of the paintings that will show at his self-titled exhibition at ...

‘AGATHA CHRISTIE’S SEVEN DIALS’ Agatha Christie’s 1929 novel, “The Seven Dials Mystery,” which actually involves eight clocks ...

Four Kansas counties bear the names of leaders in the battle to preserve slavery while a Kansas school district has the name ...

With these books set in and around each of the 50 states, you can tour the country without ever leaving home Notable books ...