Lee Hawkins on honoring the past of slavery by rethinking the present. Former Wall Street Journal reporter Lee Hawkins' memoir, "I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free ...

DECATUR — John D. Hawkins 67, of Decatur, Ill., passed away at 4:20 a.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, in Decatur Memorial Hospital with his family by his side. John was born September 29 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

IT COMMANDED THE AFRICAN SQUADRON FROM 1859 TO 1861, PATROLLING THE WEST AFRICAN COAST LOOKING FOR ILLEGAL SLAVE SHIPS. EVEN THOUGH SLAVERY WAS STILL LEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THOSE YEARS ...

The final twist to the story is that, thanks to an act of grace and courage by a modern lawyer, Jack McGee, the home site of ...

A committed community member, Dr. Hawkins led his family to donate land to Alachua County for the John Henry Thomas, M.D. Center and to the city of Gainesville for the Gainesville Technology ...

Moak, USN. via U.S. Navy from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command) The ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) began its final journey this morning as it departed from the U.S. Navy’s ...

Hawkins announced it's buying the assets of North Carolina's Amerochem today. No price was stated for the purchase, nor any information given on Amerochem's revenue or profitability. Hawkins stock ...

It was May 13, 1862, and Smalls did not hesitate, springing into action to execute his plan to seize the CSS Planter, a Confederate military cargo transport ship ... a former slave, sits outside ...