George Eastman was born on July 12, 1854, in Waterville, New York. His father, George Washington Eastman, ran a business school where he taught bookkeeping and penmanship, but had to work a second job ...

Today we think nothing of taking a photograph. Devices that fit in the palm of a hand now allow much of the world’s population to snap a picture. By some estimates, almost 5 billion photos are taken ...

One day in 1924, a Black man stepped up to the ticket window at the Eastman Theatre and asked for a ticket near the stage. He was denied; Black patrons were only allowed in the balcony, he was told.