Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton fulfilled his dream to purchase the Waldorf-Astoria in 1949. He called the luxury hotel on Park ...

enslaved and free African Americans, and Indigenous people. “The flag waving and the bell ringing and references to inspiring patriotic comments, that all needs to be there,” said John R.

There was a time when Black creatives could simply be grateful for the opportunity to make something, but that wasn’t true ...

But by God’s grace, the revivals still managed to bleed through color lines, bringing together Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans in ... was born into a free Black family in New York ...

An article by Harry Targ & Jay Schaffner describing Jewish working class radicalism in Chicago during the 20th Century.

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Leo, 69, grew up on Chicago’s South Side and had a childhood like many Americans before he moved ... Now he’s possibly the most famous man in the world. Here are some things to know about ...

A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...

In geographical terms, too, “American Photography” roams free ... with images by nameless photographers. More casual, and far more intimate, is the arsenal of gun shots—regular Americans ...

The rioters targeted African Americans and the businesses that catered ... thenceforward, and forever free.” Old-timey jargon aside, Lincoln was basically saying “Slaves in the rebelling ...

Although Livingstone’s achievements charting the unknown African continent had galvanized Britain, his government had been apathetic about rescuing him. Bennett decided Americans would do what ...