Years ago I learned an African term called “Sankofa” that illustrates the importance of learning from the past. Sankofa means “it’s not wrong to go back for what has been left behind or forgotten.” ...

A walk through our city’s legacy through truth, creativity and power. “Sole of Akron: A City Told Through a Sneaker” is a unique experience that uses the anatomy of a sneaker as a lens to walk through ...

Along with millions of others, my granddaughters Lauren, Nicole and Julia eagerly tore open the boxes containing "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" as soon as the books arrived at the airport ...

In July, 2015, Stephen Casper, a medical historian, received a surprising e-mail from a team of lawyers. They were representing a group of retired hockey players who were suing the National Hockey ...

I’m going to take us all back on a journey through Mr. Peabody’s WABAC machine, to a time before ghost towns actually became ghost towns in Oklahoma, both before and after statehood. When real people ...

Hitler is so fully imagined a subject—so obsessively present on our televisions and in our bookstores—that to reimagine him seems pointless. As with the Hollywood fascination with Charles Manson, ...

Celebrate Akron’s history with an introduction to the Akron History Center. An inspiring presentation on the Akron History Center from its founder Dave Lieberth, local historian and former deputy ...