Ann Petry was an American writer of novels, short stories, children's books and journalism. Her 1946 debut novel The Street became the first novel by an African-American woman to sell more than a ...

The idea took off 25 years ago with the book, " Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad," by Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond Dobard, a journalist and art historian ...

The book "History of the Underground Railroad" recounts the efforts of Quakers Jonathan and Susanna Mifflin – including the time they hid 13 slaves in their parlor.

Colson Whitehead Looks Back at ‘The Underground Railroad’ The first in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list. Hosted by Gilbert Cruz ...