Eleanor dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of the oppressed, including pushing FDR to set up the National Youth Administration
During the Great Depression, unemployment among African-Americans was twice that of whites – mostly due to segregation
The provocative incident involving the USS Pueblo was peacefully resolved, in part because of the ongoing Vietnam War
Fake news and smoking guns gave the Kansas town its reputation as the ultimate Wild West
FDR contracted polio at the age of 39, which left his legs partially paralyzed. Fearing this would impact his bid for presidency, he came to an agreement
More than five decades ago, America won this huge battle, but lost the war
A new exhibition picks apart the cultural mythologies surrounding the first “Americans”
Soldiers and their families, sometimes barely literate, wrote to assuage fear and convey love
Father Stephen McGraw has just witnessed Flight 77 crash into the west wall of the Pentagon
The WWII “battle” was an example of what happens when the threat of attack feels all too real
WWII had come to a close, and the U.S. was the first to seize a new class of giant Japanese submarines. The next step was to analyze them quickly
The show's rollicking one-liners and bawdy routines paved the way for "Saturday Night Live" and other cutting-edge television satire
A debilitating eye injury and racial epithets weren't enough to derail the player's resolve
By blending education and activism, Zonia Baber made geography a means of uniting—not conquering—the globe
The cheap monthly publications that flooded rural homes offered more than just advertising—they also provided companionship
For the protagonist of WB’s new comic book show, community and family come first
Did the designer meet his killer seven years earlier?
Learjet 35 was a doomed plane, flying miles off course and with passengers and crew presumed dead
Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers ideas to make it better
Fans of DC Comics will go batty for this new installation at the National Museum of American History
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