That moment in the spring of 1979 stands on its own in Teresa Hord Owens’ eventful life. An 18-year-old Black woman from Terre Haute, Indiana, walked into the Oval Office and shook the hand of the ...

As someone who was born in the mid-1960s, I don't have very many memories of big events from the first few years of my life. The moon landing? Zip. Vietnam? Hardly anything. President Nixon resigning?

Thanks to the late Jimmy Carter’s tenacity, Israel and Egypt were able to make peace in 1979. His intense personal ...