A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy.

A missing 3-year-old boy was found in a remote swamp near his home, Michigan police said. Photo from Steven Kamenar, UnSplash A missing toddler was found safe in a secluded swamp in Michigan ...

Two subway cleaners reunited an autistic, barefoot boy with his family at a Brooklyn station Monday— hours after he slipped out of his home. One worker, Carol Goring, 48, ...

The Barefoot Boy was a gift to the city by the Barefoot Boy Committee, headed by Ruth B. Shannon, as part of the city’s centennial celebration in 1987, according to the city staff report. It was ...

Riffing off 2019's "hot girl summer" and 2022's "Adam Sandler summer", online magazine The Cut has declared 2023 the year of the "barefoot-boy summer".