Harper — the “mother of African American journalism” — died at 85. Her legacy continues to point the way forward for the fellows whose work bears her name.

Ernest Hemingway’s second novel announced his arrival as a major force in American letters.

When J D Harris (1833–84) began studying medicine in 1863, there were few African American doctors whose paths he could follow. The first university-trained African American physician, James McCune ...

Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

With the dawn of Black History Month comes deep reflection, reverence and appreciation — regardless if your roots pay homage ...