On this day in history, April 24, 1800, President John Adams — the second president of the United States — approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for ...

Pundits, politicians and journalists are apt to call this chaotic congressional moment unprecedented. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with historian John Farrell about whether that is true. Four days into ...

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>> AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH WRAPS UP, A WISCONSIN WOMAN IS BEING HONORED, HER WORK NOW RECOGNIZED IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. >> THE LATE GLORIA FORD GILMER FROM MILWAUKEE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ...