Akron is celebrating its bicentennial this year. One project will help residents document their own histories. A workshop to help Akron residents document their individual histories is kicking off ...

Over the past several years, one man’s diligent labor of love slowly created a repository of notables, past and present, from the LGBTQ community of color. This online historical resource, the Ubuntu ...

History has not been good to Onesimus. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. As smallpox raged across Boston in 1721, the prominent ...

Laura Ingalls Wilder aficionados seem to have a boundless appetite for books about the author. And publishers appear eager to feed this hunger whenever possible, with books ranging from personal ...

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