On her birthday, we're remembering Bessie Coleman's incredible achievements
Castle Garden went from fort to pleasure grounds to precursor of Ellis Island
Trapped between nationalism and documentation, a Polish museum grapples with how to tell its story
Dan Rice was the John Oliver of the mid-nineteenth century
Started by "Toddish McWong" in 1998, the annual dinner has grown and grown
Guiding Light had over 15,700 episodes between radio and television
The previously unknown—and unfinished—story was hiding in plain sight
It took nearly three years to separate the more than 68,000 coins
Mapping the history of racial terror
It was America’s first chocolate-covered ice cream bar, patented on this day in 1922
Construction workers uncovered the tasty trove while excavating its foundations
Analysis of the 5,300-year-old mummy's stomach contents shows he ate dry-cured meat from a mountain ibex
Because cultural preservation never goes out of fashion
Among other things, Robeson transformed one of history’s most famous showtunes into a protest song
A Dutch fleet stuck in the ice. A group of French soldiers sent to capture it. What could go wrong?
A $7.5 million grant program will fund 39 projects in over 20 states
In Baltimore, they’re keeping the tradition of visiting Edgar Allan Poe’s grave for his birthday—but without the mystery
She was an American DJ who served six years in prison for her wartime radio broadcasts from Japan
Coups, clairvoyants, invisible ink
Hint: it’s not a great moment in American history
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