Jonathan Eig's "King: A Life," a biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was recognized as one of the best books of 2023. Biographies offer a chance to explore the decision-making and ...

Last week, BBC History Magazine released readers' definitive ranking of the 100 most influential women in history, with Nobel Prize-winning physicist Marie Curie topping the list at No. 1. Because the ...

The Radium Girls, Hidden Figures, The Five and Notorious RBG are among the top 20 most popular biographies and histories of women of the last 10 years, according to Goodreads members. Goodreads has ...

Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) and Nat Turner (1800-1831) are towering figures in American history. Two stellar books published this year not only do full justice to their legacies, but also illustrate ...

For fans of: The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race, edited by Jesmyn Ward In these tumultuous times, average citizens and leaders alike have been turning to the words of James Baldwin ...

What is the best way to understand history? Is history a chronological series of events driven by a multitude of factors? Could decision makers’ personal journey deepen our understanding of their ...

Few Americans are as surrounded by legend as George Washington is. The first President of the United States is renowned as a military genius who led his troops to victory during the Revolutionary War, ...

University Press of Kentucky has a particularly rich list of titles in its African American studies collection. Several focus on the hard-fought right to vote, a timely subject during Black History ...

Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photos by Getty Images, via Wikimedia Commons. In recent years, as academic history has taken a turn toward the cultural and social, producing more and more ...