In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ...

One hundred years later, PBS and WGBH are celebrating that landmark amendment ... we decided to take a trek around the greater Boston area, visiting historic sites along the way.

In 1787, two decades before African colonization by American-born blacks became a national debate, Boston's Black Masons ... first black society in American history devoted to social, political ...

It is also a history defined equally by unencumbered ... for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers by The Caption Center at WGBH Boston.