Honoring African American Contributions: Manuscripts

African American History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central …

Honoring African American Contributions: Journalism

African American History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their essential …

Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902. He was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from …

Statesman Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, and is well known as one of the leading founders and …

Amelia Earhart was born in 1897. Once she began flying in 1921, she quickly set numerous women’s altitude, speed, and …

Jacob Grimm was born in Hanau, Germany, on January 4, 1785. With his brother Wilhelm, he began collecting traditional German …

Juan Felipe Herrera was born on this day in 1948. Herrera is the American poet, author, and activist of Mexican descent …

The Mexican American author Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954. Best known for her collection of vignettes …

On December 16, 1773, angry colonists, dressed as American Indians, destroyed 342 chests of tea to protest recent tax hikes imposed …

Poet Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. Today, Dickinson’s work is considered among the greatest in American literature. …