Maria Montessori stood before a crowd of 60 underprivileged children, her students. It was January 6, 1907, and the 36-year-old educator was opening her first school: the Casa dei Bambini, or ...
On February 17, 1936, construction workers were tasked with removing wooden scaffolding, working from a temporary catwalk.
The bird, thought to be the only one of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, is presumed to be Stella, an out-of-place raptor ...
Harriet Bell Hayden is believed to have helped hundreds of people fleeing slavery from her Beacon Hill residence ...
Many donors search their pockets for spare change, but some generous individuals are giving away historic coins worth ...
The young female made her public debut this week, and the Metro Richmond Zoo is asking fans to vote on her name—a choice ...
Northup’s memoir told the story of his kidnapping and years of enslavement in Louisiana. The book became a national best ...
Descendants of people enslaved at the site are grappling with its complicated history while also honoring the region's rich ...
Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...
The third president knew that the whims of nature shaped Americans’ daily lives as farmers and enslavers Sara Georgini ...
Presented like pieces of fine art, the peculiar presents are mounted on the walls of a gallery in Toronto. Many of them will ...
The 2,000-year-old military general figurine is the tenth of its kind to be excavated from the emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb, ...