The death of the former first lady, a noted humanitarian and an active force in the Democratic Party, was mourned by people ...

The Royal Poinciana Playhouse was a major social hub, attracting celebrities, socialites, and political figures like the Kennedys. Now, Glazer Hall welcomes new era.

Diedra Meredith, a childhood friend of Tory Prevost and director of the New Orleans Legacy Project, a docuseries covering the city’s history of civil rights activism, said the families of the New ...

Lawmakers and EMS leaders are pushing to honor Pittsburgh’s Freedom House Ambulance Service with one of the nation’s highest ...

Books & the Arts / A new book revisits the public housing programs of the 1930s. Joshua Freeman Today, Mary K. Simkhovitch is little remembered. But in the first half of the 20th century, her name was ...

Dolores Huerta gained prominence as an organizer of farmworkers seeking better wages. Here's why she visited Arizona over the ...

Five Republican newspaper carriers were treated to a luncheon with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House on Feb. 7, 1942. The carriers were top sellers in a drive to sell 10-cent war savings ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt smiles with his head tilted to the side. - Hulton Archive/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. "We had a rainwater soup followed ...

Floral sofas may be trending, but they're nothing new. An archival photo of Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt at home shows that the timeless from 1930 shows that the timeless staple has ...

She started Rochelle Center and other nonprofits before ending her career after nearly two decades leading Friends of Warner Park ...

The story has been passed down through several generations of staff and volunteers at Sagamore Hill. Brian Tadler, vice president of the Friends of Sagamore Hill, said he heard it from a now-retired ...