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In 1970, the civil rights activist shared his prescient optimism about the future of race relations in the United States
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Ten quirky moments from inaugural history, including presidential lassoing
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Another inauguration, another opportunity to learn more about the men whose presence shocked the country
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With the help of his friend Mark Twain, Grant finished his memoirs—and saved his wife from an impoverished widowhood—just days before he died
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A woebegone tribute to the ending of an era
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What delicacies and confectionaries were found on the 250-foot-long buffet table?
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The museum director and former film studies professor examines Quentin Tarantino's take on slavery
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Living paycheck to paycheck in the techno-utopian future
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Medical diagnostics in the paleofuture
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America’s first interracial casino helped end segregation on the Strip and proved that the only color that mattered was green
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During the Civil War, two regiments faced off as spectators, possibly as many as 40,000, sat and watched
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When freeing the slaves 150 years ago, Abraham Lincoln traded in his famous lyricism for a dry, legal tone. Harold Holzer explains why
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The pen, inkwell and one copy of the document that freed the slaves are photographed together for the first time
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What were you doing on the web back in the age of Netscape and Gopher?
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Richard Paul Pavlick’s plan wasn’t very complicated, but it took an eagle-eyed postal worker to prevent a tragedy
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Anne Kelly Knowles, the winner of Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards, uses GIS technology to change our view of history
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Visionary inventor Preston Tucker risked everything when he saw his 1948 automobile as a vehicle for change
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Read between the lines of the police report drawn up when the seamstress refused to give up her seat in 1955
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The origin of Pabst's iconic blue ribbon dates back to one of the most important gatherings in American history
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The author of a new book about Thomas Jefferson makes his case and defends his scholarship
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