EditorialWilliam Menke, a geologist at Columbia University, with a 1865 map of Morningside Heights in Manhattan on Dec. 15, 2022. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialIndia: The colonial-style bungalow known as Kipling's House in the grounds of Sir Jeejeebhoy (J.J.) School of Art in Mumbai. Writer Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), well-known for books like 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim', is commonly said to have been born her
EditorialPresident Joe Biden displays the signed Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, at the White House in Washington on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
EditorialA 5,000-square-foot mural created by Reginald C. Adams, at the spot where, in 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger issued the orders that resulted in the freedom of more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state, in Galveston, Texas, on May 5, 2021. (Montinique Monroe/The New York Times)
EditorialA 5,000-square-foot mural created by Reginald C. Adams, at the spot where, in 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger issued the orders that resulted in the freedom of more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state, in Galveston, Texas, on May 5, 2021. (Montinique Monroe/The New York Times)
EditorialA 5,000-square-foot mural created by Reginald C. Adams, at the spot where Gen. Gordon Granger issued the orders that resulted in the freedom of more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state, in Galveston, Texas, on May 5, 2021. (Montinique Monroe/The New York Times)
EditorialA historical marker displayed outside of the Kappa Alpha Order’s Xi chapter fraternity house at Southwestern University in Georgetown Texas, on Oct. 1, 2020. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialRedoshi, who was known as Sally Smith after she became enslaved, in an instructional film released by the Department of Agriculture in 1938 called "The Negro Farmer: Extension Work for Better Farming and Better Living"