We were outside a restaurant, waiting for our table, when my daughter Macie spotted a soldier walking by. In her quiet, sincere voice, she said, “Thank you for your service.” He didn’t hear her. She looked up at me, disappointed—but too shy to repeat herself. When he came back out, I stepped forward and let […]

In 1938, deep in the hills of rural Kentucky, a determined librarian rode on horseback through fog and forest, her saddlebags filled not with food or mail—but books. She was one of the “book women,” part of the Pack Horse Library Project started during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In one […]

This rare photograph from the 1890s captures a moment few realize existed: Brazilian returnees in Lagos, descendants of Africans once enslaved across the Atlantic—now back on their ancestral land. Called the Aguda or Amaro community, they are part of a remarkable story of return. After winning their freedom in Brazil, many of these men and […]