Artist Jacob Lawrence made a name for himself due to a series of paintings called "The Migration Series."

'Gloria: A Life' chronicles Gloria Steinem’s journey to becoming the feminist icon she is today and the stories of the women who impacted her.

Under the Radar asked listeners for help tracking down information on a defunct local record label — and you delivered.

On Tuesday, British Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani lauded a 2003 treaty that sat unratified for years but, after approval by the U.S., has recently been dredged from its would-be grave.

Miller was a mess attendant on the West Virginia when he jumped in to man a machine gun during the Pearl Harbor attack. He is the first African American to have an aircraft carrier named after him.

Fifty-five years ago Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead the campaign for Black Americans’ voting rights.

Women who fought for and against the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago — sometimes as teenagers — are watching the votes in Virginia.

A non-profit group told WGBH News on Thursday that it intends to break ground on a monument to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., on the…

Few thought it would ever happen but in 1969 the prestigious all male Yale University went coed. Author Anne Gardiner Perkins' new book, "Yale Needs Women, tells the stories of the first women on the Yale campus who faced extraordinary pressure to succeed.

Olympics, elections and anniversaries — oh my!