Abel Meeropol

Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.

Two new movies emphasize the singer’s spirit of defiance and political courage.

Jazz, King declared, was the ability to take the “hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph.”

When the government executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the welfare of their two boys was a secondary concern.

On August 7, 1930, three black teenagers were lynched in Marion, Indiana. James Cameron was one of them.

The Popular Front and American culture.

The famous author, who would have been 100 years old today, was best known for his novels and essays. But correspondence was where his light shone brightest.

The Rosenbergs were executed for being Soviet spies, but their sons have spent decades trying to clear their mother’s name. Are they close to a breakthrough?