This month marks 30 years since Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president. However, the story of Mandela's... more

50 years ago, radio broadcaster Studs Terkel published a book called WORKING: People Talk About What They Do All Day,... more

Paul Alexander, one of two people in the U.S. still relying on an iron lung to survive, died on March... more

We’re revisiting one of our favorite stories from years ago — with a new twist. Laura Rothenberg spent most of... more

In 1921, a man named Harry Pace started the first major Black-owned record company in the United States. He called... more

This week, we’re featuring an episode of a podcast we’re big fans of: The Last Archive! The Last Archive tells... more

At the age of 16, he played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He went on to make landmark recordings with... more

We bring you a lot of stories each year, but we don’t often get to share the work behind them.... more

Today marks 60 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. There are many photos from that day in... more

Back in 1995, LaMont Dottin was 21 years old and a freshman at Queens College when, one evening, he didn’t... more