The Rare Books and Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library (NYPL) holds four boxes of the Alexander Black Papers, which include professional correspondence by Black and original typescripts ...

It was short lived, but Freedom's Journal paved the way for 24 other black newspapers published before the Civil War. The most influential of the pre-war papers appeared in 1847 with abolitionist ...

Piles of papers containing sensitive military information have been found scattered along a city street. They include ...