In September 1971, Ebony magazine published an article that broke a major taboo: a survivor of breast cancer wrote candidly about her...

In April 1973, cinemas throughout America began screening a tearjerking love story, the plot of which revolved around sickle cell...

The Great Cat Massacre in New York City began in July 1916. By the end of that month, 72,000 cats and around 8,000 dogs had been...

A few weeks before writing this blog, I was launching a book that I had recently published. A former PhD student of mine and someone I...