In 1825, Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Written by Himself became the first known fugitive-slave narrative in American history. Although earlier autobiographical accounts of slavery had ...

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Bob Crawford has two careers. One is as the bassist for The Avett Brothers, a folk rock band that's had a following for more than 20 years. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AINT NO MAN") THE AVETT BROTHERS: ...

John Quincy Adams had one of the most consequential post-presidencies in U.S. history. NPR"s Steve Inskeep asks biographer Bob Crawford how Adams became the ultimate political maverick. Bob Crawford ...

You think you’re good at journaling? John Quincy Adams left behind some 15,000 pages of diary entries. He started in 1779 at age 12 and kept at it for nearly 70 years until close to his death in 1848.

You think you’re good at journaling? John Quincy Adams left behind some 15,000 pages of diary entries. During his research into Adams, Crawford said it was immensely helpful to examine primary ...

The words beach read and John Quincy Adams seem about as unlikely a pairing as a folk rock star and a presidential historian. And yet, that’s just what’s unfolding this month. Bob Crawford, a founding ...

John Quincy Adams’ rise to national prominence was no accident but the result of a childhood deliberately shaped for public service. From an early age, his parents instilled in him the belief that ...

Article II of the Constitution requires the president to provide Congress with information on the state of the union. When George Washington delivered his first Annual Message in 1790, he did it in ...