Willie Dixon. Born at the Delta’s southern tip in 1915, Willie Dixon followed the Great Migration to Chicago. There, he ...

In the early 20th century, as millions of African-Americans fled the racial terror and economic oppression of the Jim Crow ...

A body that was found in Lake Michigan in 1988 was identified 37 years later as a missing Chicago woman, officials said.

The Roaring Twenties in America was a time of excess when fads reigned supreme and some were able to “eat, drink and be merry ...

Using DNA evidence, authorities identified a body recovered along the shoreline of Lake Michigan near New Buffalo, Michigan ...

Comfort food feels like home, warm and familiar, yet the stories behind America's beloved dishes tell tales of migration, ...

Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

An urban zoo is no longer simply a place to visit on a Saturday. It can serve as vital civic infrastructure — a partner in education, health, climate resilience, conservation, and community identity.

Jackson finished second in the Democratic primary to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who would go on to lose the 1988 presidential election to George H.W. Bush. But Jackson’s strong results ...

Thanks to advances in DNA testing, state police can finally put a name to the woman whose body washed ashore 37 years ago ...