Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago

Civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr has been critically hospitalized in Chicago as details about his condition ...

We rode along Paul Revere's route to sort myth from reality, lone hero from legend

Every school child learns the mythology of Paul Revere's ride. Though the truth is murkier, the story has inspired ...

New memorial in Washington, D.C. to feature sculpture by Vermont-born artist

An artist originally from Vermont is playing a major role in the creation of a new monument now under construction in the ...

‘Sign of disrespect’: Families fighting to get names of soldiers killed in Korean War on memorial

Two men were among the thousands of U.S. soldiers killed during the Korean War, yet their names were left off the war ...
Washington City Paper

Margaret Hutton on the Forgotten History of D.C. That Inspired Her Debut Novel

Set during World War II in a Washington absent of men, If You Leave charts the lives of two women living autonomously for the ...
WFMZ-TV

As the National Guard enters Memphis, memories of MLK and 1968 unrest resurface

FILE - Tennessee National Guard troops leap out of a truck at the Memphis Armory after being ordered into the city by Gov. Buford Ellington at the request of city officials, March 28, 1968, in Memphis ...