Most people recognize that there are first names given almost exclusively by black Americans to their children, such as Jamal and Latasha. Historical evidence does not support this belief. Until a few ...

“The Shining Mountains” they were called by the Utes, great upheavals of Earth’s crust, creating the beautiful vistas we now call the Rocky Mountains. The Utes (Nuche) were onto something with their ...

DALLAS — There is pride in knowing who you are as a person. Willie Mae Coleman has 89 years worth of stories to tell. “We were poor. Our parents were very very poor. Poor as dirt,” said Ms. Coleman.

The 10 Million Names Project from American Ancestors is designed to create a database of names and stories of Black people who were enslaved in the United States before 1865, the year the Civil War ...

The entrance to downtown Los Altos on Main Street. Photo by Magali Gauthier We rely on street names to find our way, but how often do we stop and ponder the stories behind the names? An ongoing ...

Editor's note: This story originally ran in Eliot Kleinberg's Palm Beach Post Florida Times column in 2019. Years refer to each county's formation. Did you know Palm Beach County was carved out of ...

Most people recognize that there are first names given almost exclusively by black Americans to their children, such as Jamal and Latasha. While fodder for comedians and social commentary, many have ...