California's 153-year-old historical society permanently closes in San Francisco
The 153-year-old California Historical Society is winding down operations in San Francisco and is slated to transfer its vast ...
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...
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One of the Oldest Surviving Operas by a Black American Composer Will Be Performed for the First Time—138 Years After It Was Written
Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...
Three lessons from three great fires
As Los Angeles rebuilds after devastating wildfires, the histories of these three cities offer helpful guidance.
Art Institute's elaborately displayed tooth, thought to belong to John the Baptist, turned out not to
Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...
Scholars grapple with loss of Chicano studies giant Juan Gómez-Quiñones’ archives in Palisades fire
The late Chicano historian Juan Gómez-Quiñones stored decades of Mexican American history in the garage and shed of his ...
Tuscaloosa News' editorials criticized riots in wake of Autherine Lucy's enrollment
Publisher Buford Boone denounced the violence and exclusion of Autherine Lucy, the University of Alabama’s first Black student ...
Autherine Lucy Foster made history in 1956 by integrating the University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy Foster made history on Feb. 3, 1956, becoming the first Black student to attend classes at the University of ...