At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.

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The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

These days, he is right to scowl more than ever, because on top of watching Donald Trump trash precedent and common decency, ...

A small team of archaeologists and anthropologists from the University of Wyoming, Michigan State University, and the Desert ...