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Mary Jane Yohe remembered 75 years after beginning pioneering legal career
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI was taking in a new exhibit at York College’s Archives about students and campus life and...
Extreme rainfall and historic floods are transforming life in the vast Mississippi River basin. The...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the early morning hours of July 26, many St. Louis-area residents awoke to floodwater filling...
Green Book project reveals which Greater Akron spots were safe havens during Jim Crow era
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAkron’s “Little Harlem” neighborhood was buzzing with excitement Sept. 24, 1935, when up-and-coming...
I Chased the Ghosts of the Army's Forgotten Black Bicycle Troop
MEN'S JOURNAL via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLast summer, I cycled 1,900 miles from western Montana to eastern Missouri. The solo ride was...
From separate hotels to cemeteries, striking historical photos show what segregation looked like in...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfrican American men wearing tuxedos carry a coffin and a "Here Lies Jim Crow" sign down the middle...
Queen Camilla's Life in Photos: From Duchess of Cornwall to Queen Consort
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoQueen Camilla will be coronated alongside her husband King Charles on May 6, 2023. Here's a look...
Local history: Goodyear’s ‘Great Songs of Christmas’ a holiday classic
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Silent Night” by Barbara Streisand. “The Little Drummer Boy” by Percy Faith. “Away in a Manger” by...
Shawn Vestal: A Black pioneer's legacy in Spokane stretched deep into the 20th century
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 25—He was born into slavery and escaped it. Joined the Union Army and marched with Sherman to the sea. Served two terms in the Mississippi Legislature during Reconstruction. Then he, his ...
Two of America's largest mansions are in NJ. See where they are today
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew Jersey's largest homes have survived as schoolhouses. The 125-year-old Florham mansion in Morris...
The Lindbergh Baby Mystery Has Lasted 91 Years. Tantalizing Evidence May Solve It.
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 8 months agoThe abduction of Charles Lindbergh’s young son captivated America in the 1930s. Could this evidence...