Historical fiction connects past and present, providing lessons on courage and resilience while captivating readers with ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

An opera about the Underground Railroad has interesting ties to Lexington and one of its greatest basketball players.

Just 25 years into the 21st century, the folks at The New York Times Book Review are recognizing some of their favorite titles.

In Nickel Boys, filmmaker and artist RaMell Ross has created one of the most surprising awards season movies for some years.

Based on the novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys follows the story of Elwood Curtis, a black teenager unjustly convicted ...

Works by Black artists on how labor influenced Black history and culture, curated by Faith Evans; reception 3-5 p.m. Feb. 16; ...

Our Friends of the Litchfield Public Library group is always looking for ways to help the library. Recently, they received a donation from Joe and Nancy Paddock of 10 copies of Nancy’s ...

Author of "The Nickel Boys," "The Underground Railroad" and other popular books, Colson Whitehead will be in St. Louis to ...

O ver two months after its theatrical debut, the acclaimed drama Nickel Boys saw a major increase in its theatrical footprint after scoring a hugely coveted Best Picture nod at th ...

Parents need to know that Nickel Boys is a drama based on Colson Whitehead's same-named novel about two teenage boys—Elwood (Ethan Harisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson)—who find friendship at a ...

includes Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch,” Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” and Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “The Bully Pulpit.” This year’s finalists besides “James ...