Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist ...

Ruth First was among many charged in the Treason Trial in 1956, when the African National Congress, or ANC, and other organizations were charged with trying to overthrow the government. In 1963 she ...

Born on this day in 1895, George Herman Ruth first made his name as a left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. But what made him really famous was his work for the New York Yankees as a batter.