Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove, tracing lineages that run from a plantation in Maryland to a speakeasy in Washington ...

In "From These Roots," the author chronicles a legal and personal journey to restore dignity to her enslaved relative.

Lights from both aircraft are seen flashing as they continue to fly towards each other, before crashing in mid-air. A ...