On December 19, 1858, Jim Daniels took his life in his hands and asked an agent of the Underground Railroad for freedom for him, his wife...

In 1840, Robert and Susannah Miller faced a dilemma. Their new minister at the Scotch Presbyterian Church in Chester, South Carolina,...

Lucy Hobbs Taylor learned that when you’re the first, your effort has to be so much greater. You have to be greater than the prevailing...

Although his story was nearly forgotten, George Nash Walker was one of the highest-paid vaudeville actors in the country who also changed...