Until recently, few books have penetrated the character and motives of the estimated 3,000 men and women who, as they aided fugitives and led them to safety, constituted the Underground Railroad.

Changes in the name of preserving President Donald Trump’s version of American history, experts say, would minimize the ...

Here comes our second Spring books round-up series, where we present a wide range of titles; a historical reinvigoration from a well-known eighth season "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner, as well as a super ...

“Some of the most significant chapters of our collective history ... a former slave who used the Underground Railroad to lead enslaved people north to freedom. Part of it is to demote Jackson ...

In the early 1800s, Richard Riker, a descendant of the family who owned Rikers Island, participated in a kidnapping ring for decades that sent African Americans into slavery. Riker used his power as a ...

His legacy is not just memorialized in books or bridges ... a free state, using the Underground Railroad, a secret network of safe houses and abolitionists who helped enslaved individuals escape ...

The book is conceded to be a masterpiece and ... and organize meetings to protest slavery, to work for the Underground Railroad, to defend the abolitionist John Brown and help get one of his ...

Perfect for a casual meetup or a quiet moment with a book. The Charles H ... and exhibits on topics such as the Underground Railroad, the automotive industry, and Detroit’s neighborhoods.

If a class were ever taught about Colson Whitehead, the acclaimed author says it would be titled “The Sorrow and the Pain.” ...

The area surrounding Harmony is characterized by the dramatic karst topography of southeastern Minnesota—a landscape of rolling hills, limestone bluffs, and mysterious sinkholes that lead to an ...

Lewisburg, West Virginia is that kind of revelation – a small town tucked into the Greenbrier Valley that delivers big on ...