James Edward Mills

James Edwards Mills is a freelance journalist, author, outdoor guide, and independent media producer. Mills is the author of The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors and co-writer/co-producer of the documentary film "An American Ascent."

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The Black Frontiersman Who Blazed Trails Across the American West

James Beckwourth was born into slavery, but forged a life as a 19th-century pioneer in the American West.

The Black Explorer Who May Have Reached the North Pole First

In 1909 African American Matthew Henson trekked with explorer Robert Peary, reaching what they claimed was the North Pole. Who got there first?

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