Before he was president, Lincoln's lasting relationship with Joshua Speed brought him out of the doldrums of despair
American slaves couldn't hold property, including patents on their own inventions. But that didn't stop black Americans from innovating in our country
He resorted to a dirty trick to embarrass a rival
Feminism and the conservative movement clashed over issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights
How one journalist became black to investigate segregation and what that means today
One in four cowboys was black. So why aren’t they more present in popular culture?
Looking to the one-percent to lead the country goes back to the era of World War I
Amid today's dissent over proper Senate behavior, take a look back at when an assault in the Senate divided the nation
On February 7, 1943, the USS Wahoo sailed proudly into Pearl Harbor, a broom tied to her periscope. It was a wink to an old Naval tradition
Were Americans really so outraged by a semi-topless Lady Liberty that the U.S. Mint had to censor this coin?
The new skipper of the Wahoo was the formidable Dudley Morton--a Kentucky Baptist with an aggressive philosophy on how submarine warfare should be waged
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield was in many ways the nation's first black pop star
It all began with the Davy Crockett coonskin hat craze and a bunch of Bohemians yearning to swathe themselves in decades-old fur
A new collection at the National Museum of American History reveals the untold story
The idea of having documents to cross borders is ancient, but when it became popularized in the U.S., it caused quite the stir
Long before today’s anxiety about terror attacks, Spain and England feared that enslaved Africans would be more susceptible to revolt if they were Muslim
A distracting radio issue, a hazy night, and a new pilot unsure of his instruments. According to investigators, these were some of the possible factors
One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress decided that there needed to be severe limits on who was coming into the country
The football team may only have a 57-year history, but its mascot stretches back to the country's foundation
Decades after his death, the wife of his murderer confesses she lied under oath
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