On April 6, 1909, Matthew Henson stood atop the world with Robert Peary as co-discoverer of the North Pole. When Henson descended from the frigid north his reception was distinctly cool, even in ...

For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White Americans, while many of the inspiring ...

Possibly the very first feet ever to reach the North Pole. These feet belonged to Neil Armstrong and to Matthew Henson.Two men, both explorers from the USA, but who lived very different lives.

there remains an artistic reason for this "The Color Purple" singing. The relationship between Celie and Shug Avery, the alluring chanteuse played by Taraji P. Henson, in this version plays a mite ...

Our book of the month for October is 'Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story' by Catherine Johnson Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E.

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The Gospel of Matthew is concerned with the position of these early Christian churches within Israel, or in its relationship to what we call Judaism. And these are concerns that belong to the time ...

Matthew Impelli is a Newsweek staff writer based in New York. His focus is reporting social issues and crime. In January 2023, Matthew traveled to Moscow, Idaho where he reported on the quadruple ...

Taraji P. Henson said that she walked into her audition for "The Color Purple" with a steely determination to prove that she was the right choice to play Shug Avery in Blitz Bazawule's reimagining.