Historian Theodore Kornweibel estimated that more than 10,000 enslaved workers a year built the southern railroads between ...

The 25th annual John Henry Days, to celebrate the legend of how John Henry beat the steam drill, is celebrating over three days, July 8-10, featuring live music, a parade, a 4-mile run, various ...

Yes, John Henry was a black man who worked on railroads ... He didn't die with a hammer in his hand. He lived a long life until his normal death. "The story made me proud as a black man," Oliver ...

After Carolyn Krause heard Charlotte Blake Alston at the recent Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival tell the story of John Henry ... carving a big hole part of the way through it.