In "August Wilson's American Century," biographer Laurence A. Glasco deeply explores how his hometown helped make August ...

Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture centennial anniversary began last year, and 2026 marks 100 years ...

Fifty years on, Scott is 87, doing well and enviably happy, living in Michigan with his wife Jennifer. In 2022, he published his memoir, “The NBA in Black and White: The Memoir of a Trailblazing NBA ...

Somewhere between school closures, mattress sales, and a long weekend off, a holiday meant to honor one man slipped into something far more ambiguous. The calendar calls it Presidents’ Day. Your inbox ...

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College and award-winning psychologist, visited Carnegie Mellon University's Cohon Center to discuss the connections between civility and ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the memory of Dr. King and his achievements as a civil rights leader. The holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January and this ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s has pushed the nation's health systems away from science and toward conspiracy-fueled quackery ...

On January 19, 2026, the federal holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued coordinated opinions declaring that ...

Seth Wickersham, author of "American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback," helps us understand why quarterbacks are among ...

Ahead of the release of Ryan Murphy’s “Love Story,” learn the true story of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr.’s relationship—from their first meeting to their untimely deaths.

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February 10-15 is the traditional peak of activity on Who2’s Black History Month Biographies page. (Have you written your ...