During the war, the Thuilliers’ yard became a makeshift studio. Eventually, they painted a backdrop featuring classical ...

The works by Ms. Jiles include prizewinning poetry and richly told novels following the lives of those on the old American ...

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

A uniformed Civil War soldier stands at parade rest, holding the barrel of his rifle before him, with the butt resting by his feet. He a visored cap, a short cape, and a knee-length coat. The soldier ...

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Li’l Friday features dozens of ways for people to enjoy the weekend via theater, music, art, culinary ...

The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated ...

Joseph Warren was a key leader of the American Revolution, mobilizing troops and managing a circle of spies. But he's mainly ...

Can the lead plaintiff in the gay marriage case move on from his grief — and can America move on from homophobia?

Somewhere between incomplete narratives, parochialism and quiet dignity of a patriot Nidhi Soni Jammu – a land where the ...

General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, ...

A new exhibition is celebrating the contributions of African and African Diaspora artists to the Paris art scene from the ...