Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
At the top of the stairs at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston sits a slender, mahogany desk, its clawed feet each clutching an orb. It belonged to the enslaved Boston poet, Phillis ...
Kidnapped from West Africa as a child and brought to Boston, Wheatley became the first African-American woman published in English, using her poetry to navigate freedom, fame, and the politics of her ...
MORNING HEADLINES | The College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center on Friday will debut a new U.S. Postal Service stamp inspired by Phillis Wheatley, a once-enslaved woman who became America’s ...