IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Harmon Foundation, a ...

UPDATE: This original report from Feb. 18 has been updated to reflect the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday, Feb. 25. President Joe Biden on Friday announced his nomination of Ketanji ...

A portrait of Jane Matilda Bolin by Betsy Graves Reyneau. Jane Matilda Bolin was the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, and the first Black Woman to join the New York City Law ...

On July 22, 1939, New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia appointed Jane Matilda Bolin a judge of the city's Domestic Relations Court, making her the first African-American woman appointed to judicial ...

Exactly one week ago today, Wellesley College announced the appointment of its 14th president, Paula A. Johnson. There is obviously no list of “14ths,” but Johnson, a physician whose work has stood at ...

April 11 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include: -- American statesman/orator Edward Everett in 1794 -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes in 1862 ...