These highways displaced many Black communities. Some Black activists are using mapping to do the opposite: highlight hidden parts of history. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division Joshua F.

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Late-night TV legend David Letterman returned to his former stomping grounds at 30 Rockefeller Plaza Monday for a surprise appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. His cameo doubled as a ...

In the wake of deadly disasters, communities across the United States have banded together to search for lost photographs ...

Harris's photographs, which capture Black life in mid-20th-century America, are now the subject of a permanent exhibit at the ...

A Feb. 5 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes photos of handcuffed people walking in a line and sitting in a plane. "Handcuff & chained Indians," reads text above the images.

Priyanka Chopra is currently in India, celebrating her brother Siddharth Chopra’s wedding ... blend of tradition and modern charm. In the pictures she later shared, Priyanka was seen enjoying ...

At this time, African-Americans had few rights, so Henry wanted to make sure that a few, at least, received some form of unofficial recognition for their contributions to society. This list is ...

South African brothers Ian and Bernard Kantor are two of five banking legends who founded and established Investec—a multinational financial giant that started out as a small leasing and ...

Wilsontown was established in the late 1880s when Quaker Rachel Tyson gave 77 acres of land to African-American brothers John, Dennis, and Isaiah Wilson. "One of those brothers was my grandfather ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A small Black community in Anne Arundel County goes back to the 1800s. Wilsontown, in Odenton, was where Quakers and freed slaves worked and lived together. However, its ...