Joseph weeps. Did you know that Joseph was a crybaby? In the Torah Joseph cries seven times. This time, Joseph, Egypt’s big ...

From the blog of William Goloboy at The Times of Israel ...

The Christmas Rebellion, led by Baptist leader Samuel Sharpe, challenged slavery and reshaped the nation’s history.

Earlier this month, the Institute of Anthropology of the Pontifical Gregorian University organized an international ...

The onus is on the government and civil society to do what is necessary to protect children with the Supreme Court of India's wake-up call on child trafficking in India ...

In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who ...

The Harvard professor provides a ceaseless flow of startling details in this exhaustively researched, 1000-year account ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will display a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation beginning Jan ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is showcasing a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln as a part of a special exhibit.

The Boston poet has long been recognized as the first person of African descent in North America to publish a book.

Rather than removing a contested monument, civic institutions are contextualising it within a broader story that includes ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On December 21, 1864, General William Sherman ended his March to the Sea by capturing Savannah, Georgia.