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Met Galas, he’s been to a few. But James Corden, schmoozing at this year’s reception, looked around and pronounced that this might be his favorite yet. "Classy," he explained. "It just feels really classy." The TV host waved his arm around the room, taking in the hundreds of guests who’d…

Looking at the schmoozing guests at the Met Gala cocktail reception, TV host James Corden summed up the scene in a word: “Classy.”

The misfits navigate the third and final season of the coming-of-age comedy amid the usual chaos. Plus, the frozen magic of Wim Hof. Here’s what to watch this evening

Read inspirational quotes about facing difficulties, recovering from mistakes and finding a better way to get things done.

In new HBO documentary Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches, actors read some of the orator and abolitionist’s most powerful words

When Frederick Douglass' slave mistress began teaching him to read, she changed Douglass' life. When the slave master forced her to stop those lessons, he changed history.

This hour featuring prominent actors bringing the Black abolitionist's words to life, and his legacy to the center

"Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches" comes as some states pass restrictions on how schools can teach history.

Colman Domingo, Jeffrey Wright, Nicole Beharie and other brilliant actors interpret the speeches of the great abolitionist.

Jonathan White’s new book, A House Built By Slaves, takes its title from Michelle Obama and is published at a time of intense controversy over American history and its teaching

There's a variety of programs marking Black History Month on television