After Jonas Seaman spent $4 for a license to run a “house of Public Entertainment,” he had a signboard painted with the image ...

Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) was one of the most powerful voices for social justice in US history. Beginning her career much like her lifelong friend Emily Dickinson, Helen wrote Victorian style ...

Once ignored but now unmissable. These classic books sting with relevance, making louder statements now than when first ...

His towering bronze statue, Harriet Tubman – The Beacon of Hope, is a tribute to Tubman’s fight for freedom and human dignity. Award-winning sculptor Wesley Wofford created Harriet Tubman ...

From The Washington Post: For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous “conductor,” Harriet Tubman. “The ...