Christopher Columbus, a dead white male of the worst ... First, to dispel a myth, Columbus Day is actually not the Italian-American equivalent of St. Patrick’s Day for Irish-Americans ...

exults Lou Rago, president of the Italian American Human Relations Foundation of Chicago, in his recent letter to the editor regarding the renewed effort to restore the Columbus statues to Chicago ...

But Ron Onesti of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans said there ... of protesters clashed with police officers at the Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago's Grant Park.

Detractors argue Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus brought along slavery ... arguing that he is an important part of Italian American heritage. In the past couple of years, more cities ...

A new research paper from Italy argues that sailors in Genoa — the home town of Christopher Columbus — knew of a land west of Greenland across the Atlantic. A city official reportedly said ...

That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that marks the voyage and landing of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in the Americas. The answer is yes, banks are ...