At PBR in Louisville, Lonnie Ali was honored for the courage and compassion that defined her husband's life -- and continues to inspire the world through the Muhammad Ali Center.

From “Testify” and “Wham!” to “Riviera Paradise,” “Stang’s Swang,” “Little Wing” and “Lenny,”every Stevie Ray Vaughan ...

The No. 7 1958 Gibson Flying V has a $300,000 starting bid — and a special connection to Vaughan, who helped Mack make his 1985 comeback ...

Dale Ellis concluded his 17-season NBA career with the Charlotte Hornets during the 1999-2000 season. He was the second player in Hornets history to wear the No. 2 jersey. Ellis was named the NBA's ...

The Smithsonian Institution is a group of museums, education and research centers, created by Congress as a trust in 1846 “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” About 62 percent of its funding ...

Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was already slipping into the past tense when we walked together through the National Museum of American History in February. Bunch ...

For more than two decades, Lonnie G. Bunch III has been one of the most consequential figures shaping how America encounters its own history. Now, the historian who helped turn a generations-long ...

After Lonnie Bunch III announced his retirement from the Smithsonian Tuesday, The Root is taking a deep dive into the legacy he will leave behind. As the first Black secretary of the Smithsonian, ...

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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts praised the outgoing head of the Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday after the official came under fire from President Donald Trump's administration.

Lonnie G. Bunch III will step down as head of the sprawling Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year, he said Tuesday. He will depart at a vulnerable time for the institution, which includes ...