Whether you're interested in beach-vibing with "Surfin U.S.A." or prefer a hearty slice of "American Pie," there's no ...

Netflix's documentary, part of its "Trainwreck" series, explains why those American Apparel billboards dotting Los Angeles ...

Happy Juneteenth! In a world where racism, the erasure of Black history and even attacks from the federal government try to ...

The St. Charles Public Library is welcoming the Bright Star Touring Theatre performing “Freedom Songs,” which traces Black history through influential musicians and musical styles.

If you, as a viewer, feel seen, affirmed, or encouraged by “Songs of Faith” or by hearing a worship song you know and love on a show like The Voice, that’s understandable.

The American Freedom Train was a tremendous success. During the bicentennial period, it traveled to all 48 contiguous states, stopped 138 times, and had an average of more than 50,000 visitors ...

Ross Rowland, who spearheaded the American Freedom Train effort as a young man, recently told me how Wayne came to have the idea. Rowland had run away from home in the 1950s and fortuitously ended ...

As we fast approach the 250th anniversary of American independence, it’s time to get Wayne’s American Freedom Train back on the tracks as part of the quarter-millennium celebration.

As president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, he’s surrounded every day by artifacts and exhibits that show how a secret network of guides, or “conductors ...

There was a second freedom train, this one timed to the American Bicentennial. In July 1975 it stopped in Peoria and Springfield but never made it to Bloomington-Normal.

North Vietnam forces were circling Saigon when the "American Freedom Train" rolled into Albany in 1975. The museum-on-wheels was founded by Ross Rowland Jr. to celebrate the country's upcoming ...

The American Freedom Train locomotive is getting a cosmetic makeover at the B&O Railroad Musuem. The A.F.T. No. 1 was among three steam locomotives used in 1975 and 1976 during the country’s ...