News travels fast in small towns — especially when it involves huge footprints of a rumored mythical creature
Mary Church Terrell’s court case demanded the district’s “lost laws” put an end to racial discrimination in dining establishments
NPR correspondent Steve Inskeep speaks about his book <em>Jacksonland</em> and what it says about America’s democratic tradition
What an Awful President's Secret Strength Could Teach Today's Financial Leaders About Capitalism
Although Gore Vidal’s book never became a hit on Broadway, the novel helped create the public personae of Alexander Hamilton’s nemesis
After being snatched by an intern in the mid 1970s, the missive written by the scientist returns to Washington
Three generations and more than 100 years later, the company is still flying high
An NBA expert has interviewed over 150 people in a quest to track down the ball used in Wilt Chamberlain's 1962 100-point game
The American History Museum and the Supreme Court Historical Society brought the justices together to share tales from the highest court
At Camp Bacon, a thinking person’s antidote to excess, historians, filmmakers and chefs gather to pay homage to the hog and its culinary renown
Archaeologists look to trees to determine the destruction of a pre-Columbian civilization found in southern Illinois
A dog's sense of smell is 100,000 more sensitive than a human's. That's why the U.S. military uses them to detect improvised explosive devices
These daring seamen kept the Allied troops armed and fed while at the mercy of German U-boats
An Oklahoma lawyer details the attack by hundreds of whites on the thriving black neighborhood where hundreds died 95 years ago
Community leaders convene at the National Museum of the American Indian to push for change
As Birmingham flourishes again, an urban explorer documents what is left behind
The author of the blockbuster book Evicted talks about those who came before him
Almost 200 years ago, the wife of John Quincy Adams set a precedent
Men defended their delicate honor at these bloody sites across the U.S.
Sanora Babb wrote about a family devastated by the Dust Bowl, but she lost her shot at stardom when John Steinbeck beat her to the punch
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