Making Black Freedom in the World” uses artifacts, art, audio and video to explore the horrors of enslavement alongside the ...

Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its ...

World’s Fairs were created to launch futuristic technology and products, but ended up selling ideas and experiences. 174 ...

Harriet Jacobs, in her 1861 book “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” remarks: “It is a sad feeling to be afraid of one’s ...

Frederic Bastiat is an often unsung hero of 19th-century economic thought. His lessons on freedom and trade are timeless and ...

Seen in their entirety for the first time, Emma Mordecai's US Civil War writings paint a seemingly contradictory picture of ...

Slavery in Ancient Greece was acceptable and common, as in most organized societies of the time, yet with differences between ...

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

But Olowski has been undaunted by his critics, assuming his post with customary MAGA swagger and even, apparently, glee. On ...

In the midst of ongoing war and protest, politicians and journalists explore the complexities of Jewish American responses to global and national conflicts.

Keta, historically revered as the ldquo;Pearl of the East , is one of the most significant coastal settlements in Ghana .

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated.