From Eleanor Roosevelt to Jill Biden ... For the gala that evening, Mrs. Johnson chose another bold color: canary yellow in silk satin. (And fur, of course.) Inaugurations can be somber affairs.

Here, WWD highlights what first ladies wore from Eleanor Roosevelt to Jill Biden ... (Years later, the silhouette and color of the Jason Wu-designed frock Michelle Obama wore to the inaugural ...

President Gerald Ford added his own touch with a burgundy color scheme and striped couches ... Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and labor leader and civil rights ...

The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...

Specifically, she stated: “We must make this national body of colored women not merely a national influence, but a significant link between peoples of color throughout the ... She also worked closely ...

A total of 197 students in grades 4 – 12 from 21 schools presented 154 projects to history and social science experts on Jan. 24 at LSU Shreveport. Among the topics studied by individuals and groups ...

She spent her career focusing on the care of women, children and people of color who were unable to ... Declaration of Human ...

Kennedy, was the first US president whose inaugural speech was broadcast in color on television ... four times. For Roosevelt’s first inauguration in 1933, Eleanor wore a more casual ensemble ...

The next Notice Otis cultural event hosted by the Otis Historical Commission and Otis Preservation Trust features actress Sheryl Faye portraying Eleanor Roosevelt at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, via Zoom.