The first half year of these columns has been about how jazz fits into and reflects contemporary American society, because ...

An antislavery spy who worked for the British in New York in the 1800s lived in a house that is now home to an allergy doctor ...

On July 6, 1994, "Forrest Gump" opened in U.S. theaters, earning actor Tom Hanks his second Oscar for Best Actor.

Anne Frank, one of the most famous diarists during World War II, went into hiding with her family in Amsterdam on July 6, ...