Plus: the birth of a famous jeweler, and the first all-black, black-owned NBA team
Contemplative epitaphs speak volumes about the deceased
Plus: a pioneering American author, and Nelson Mandela gains his freedom
Canada could see more protests over increasingly liberal and restrictive policies
Canadian musicians are reinvigorating worship classics for French-speaking churches
Phillis Wheatly’s writing is perfect to savor during Black History Month
Plus: the battle of the ironclads, and the first Lake Placid Olympics
A Holocaust survivor recalls growing up in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia
Plus: The first female secretary of state, and the tragedy of Apollo 1
The rapid spread and variations of the term ‘vax’ show how vocabulary grows and changes
