Subsequently he was granted access to penitentiary records, where he found documentation for prisoner John William Henry, incarcerated on Nov. 16, 1866, for a term of 10 years for “housebreaking and ...

John Henry has remained an icon, especially among young blacks. But until now, no one knew whether a real man was a model for the myth. A professor of history at the College of William and Mary ...

John Henry has remained an icon, especially among young blacks. But until now, no one knew whether a real man was a model for the myth. A professor of history at the College of William and Mary ...