One hundred fifty-one years ago, Arthur Alfonso Schomburg was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Black mother and a white father who left early on. At 17, he arrived in New York and later became known as the “Sherlock Holmes of Negro History” for discovering rare and “lost” works by people of African […]

A stray dog that lived across from an arcade would visit this machine every day. He’d stare at the green triceratops inside, scratching at the glass, paws pressed against ituntil he was kicked out again. One day, a boy walking by saw the scene. Before the staff could chase the dog away for the fifth […]

At the beginning of the 20th century, a Scottish farmer was walking home when he suddenly heard cries for help coming from a swamp. Rushing toward the sound, he found a boy trapped in the mire, struggling for his life. The farmer quickly cut a branch, reached out, and pulled the terrified child to safety. […]