The mythical 19th-century figure who helped install railroad tracks by way of his sledgehammer skills, Henry has been saluted in literature (Colson Whitehead’s John Henry Days), dance (part of a ...

According to the proposed map, the trainline would stop in London, Liverpool, Belfast and Glasgow, as well as Dublin. Rather than repurposing old or disused stations, new ones would be built ...

The Circle line name was not used officially until 1936 – but its existence is fundamental to the London Underground’s early ... we’ll be using maps to tell you the story of each of London ...

Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American ... This book received "a necessary read" by the former President Barack Obama. 6. The Underground Railroad Whitehead's ticket to his first ...

Even though the unlikely duo will be back on our screens Sundays, the week between each episode will probably still feel as long as Joel and Ellie’s journey to Wyoming. Luckily, we’ve got ...

The awards, celebrating their 40th year, have helped launch the writing careers of many now well-known authors, including Colson Whitehead, Ocean Vuong, Alice McDermott and Jia Tolentino.

The National Parks Service has restored the original Harriet Tubman material featured on a webpage about the Underground Railroad after garnering outrage over its removal. In February, a photo and ...

Colson Whitehead is the author of the novels “The Intuitionist,” “John Henry Days,” “Apex Hides the Hurt,” “Sag Harbor,” “The Underground Railroad,” “The Nickel Boys,” and “Harlem Shuffle,” among ...

FILE - A previously unknown portrait, circe 1868, of abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman is unveiled at The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and ...