Constitutional scholar and Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar is on a professional crusade to encourage Americans to understand the U.S. Constitution. He is writing a three-volume narrative ...

We are all born into an environment polluted by racism.

William Sanders Scarborough was an African-American ex-slave who authored a Greek textbook. His First Lessons in Greek ...

True learning, said William Howard Day, is not the “extent” of memorizing lines from textbooks but the “depth” of knowledge. “And the depth will never be sounded until the mind of the student can by ...

When he steps down from his post, Wallace will be arguably working harder on uncovering and safeguarding Worcester’s stories ...

Texan Edna Gladney devoted her life to improving the lives of children, providing love and finding homes for children.

In 1988, there was a chimp named Sami in the Belgrade Zoo who ran away. A photographer snapped an incredibly cute picture of ...

He puts on his frock coat, straightens the gold chain of the pocket watch tucked into his suit vest and morphs into character, becoming a living embodiment of the American abolitionist Frederick ...

Every morning, before students walk through the doors of Frederick A. Douglass High School, assistant principal JaMarcus Welch leads staff through a recital of the “Bobcat identity.” “Bobcats are the ...

Fifty years ago, the Central District book lovers and neighbors made a decision that would forever change the identity of their local library. They voted to shed the name of a city pioneer in favor of ...

Governor Tate Reeves of Mississippi to Receive FREOPP’s Highest Honor, the Frederick Douglass Award, at Freedom and Progress 2025 Conference Washington, D.C. The Foundation for Research on Equal ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...