Iain Gately, a British author, Cambridge scholar, and cigar smoker, has written a fascinating cultural history of tobacco use. In Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced ...

Black tobacco farmers fight to preserve a legacy despite hardship and systemic injustice. This episode explores the rich yet challenging history of Black tobacco farmers in Virginia. From the earliest ...

A new documentary series by Eastern Connecticut State University’s film department explores the diverse history of Connecticut’s tobacco heritage and the connected civil rights movement. WSHU’s Eda ...

The annual Asanbe Diversity Symposium will take place this February, featuring Dr. Walter Mignolo, the William H. Wannamaker Distinguished Professor of Romance Studies and Professor of Literature, at ...

Organizers have attached a surgeon general's warning to this year's county-sponsored Black History Month exhibition -- but not because they want people to stay away. The show's focus is tobacco, and ...

A $2.5 million donation announced Thursday will help build a fuller picture of North Carolina’s relationship with tobacco, illuminating narratives of enslaved people and Native Americans that might ...

Artisan Leaf Tobacco continues to capture tobacco history of Wilson News Mar 19, 2024 / 06:50 PM EDT Sebastian Correa moved to Wilson in order to create art from tobacco. Now he preserves the rich ...

World No Tobacco Day, observed annually on May 31st, is a global health awareness event led by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1987, aiming to highlight the dangers of tobacco use and ...

Here it is—everything you ever wanted to know about tobacco, from Amerindian prehistory right up to the Clinton/Lewinsky cigar tryst. As Gately traces the role of tobacco in history's major military ...