Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff thanks to a gesture of good will from Yankees to the Old South in 1913 ...

Recent local history books on Cincinnati’s frontier years, Bengals phenom Greg Cook and Coney Island are great additions to ...

Below is an abbreviated history of everyday objects purchased during the Civil War Era. It was shared by Historian James Ayers, and taken from a 1939 Catskill Mountain News.

Russian prime minister has threatened to pull Slovakia from the EU and NATO, arguing such alliances could soon only exist in ...

Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who planted seeds for what became Black History Month a century ago ...

A follower of Emerson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson became a passionate abolitionist and supporter of John Brown.

Feb. events include the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading, and a free PPAC program celebrating musician ...

After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...

Dr Yanqiu Zheng is a historian of China in the world and is the Associate Director of Asia and Pacific Programs at St. Lawrence University’s Patti McGill Peterson Center for International and ...

Las Cruces Public Libraries hosts Black History Month events with a film screening and book discussions on African American ...

Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...