Here’s a look at six generations of Americans in the 20th century: the Greatest Generation (or GI Generation), the Silent Generation, baby boomers, Generation X, millennials and Generation Z. In ...

In the Sept. 6 editorial graphic showing generational differences in support for same-sex marriage, the group born between 1928 and 1945 was identified as the "Silent Generation." I was born in ...

When you think of silent films of the 1920s, it's easy to think of the caricatures. The piano music. The villain with the handlebar mustache. But the caricatures of African-Americans were even worse.

The Silent Generation includes everyone born after Dec. 31, 1927, and before Jan. 1, 1946. We are about 74 to 92 years old. You know us. We are garrulous aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas.

Explore the Flickering, Forgotten Past of African-Americans in Silent Film An estimated 80 percent of silent movies with all-black casts are thought to be lost, but a new project is making sure ...