Before Columbus was a city, some of the area’s earliest migrants came to the Refugee Tract. This land was aside in 1801 by Congress to provide land compensation for residents of Nova Scotia who had ...

What was the Great Migration? According to the National Archives, “it was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the ...

Imagine your hometown could speak. What stories would it tell about the people who shaped it? If you live in cities like Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles, you’ve probably heard a tale or ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. At the turn of the 20th century, my grandparents and many ...