A sampling of motherly missives to the president
For 50 years, doctors-in-training learned anatomy from cadavers dug up by a former slave
The first March on Washington was a madcap affair, but in May of 1894, some 10,000 citizens descended on D.C., asking for a jobs bill
The integrated theatrical showcase had progressive ambitions but lasted only two performances
To protect themselves from unwanted advances, city women wielded some sharp accessories
There are still lessons to be learned from the visionary businessman who built a city
A benefit concert presaged the opera singer’s eventual rapprochement with the Daughters of the American Revolution
With no color photos of her famous performance in existence, the brilliance of Marian Anderson's bright orange outfit has been lost, until now
In response to calls to destroy all the trees, officials rebranded them as "Oriental" rather than "Japanese"
Despite the good intentions, the biopic misleads and distorts his role in the farm workers movement
Fresh out of law school, the future president first hoped he could be one of J. Edgar Hoover’s agents
Seventy-five years ago, the idol of America’s youth set out on what would be his final journey
No novelist captured the muddy waterway and its people like the creator of Huckleberry Finn, as a journey along the river makes clear
John Singleton Copley left for Europe on the eve of the American Revolution. A historian and her teenage son made the trip to see why
This summer, a ship named after naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry will set sail
One hundred years ago, the Bonneville Salt Flats became a racing paradise
Lee overcame racism and saved upward of 8,000 men during one climactic battle
Northup's story garnered heavy press coverage and spread widely in the weeks and months after he was rescued
The fascinating story of the hunt for Murf the Surf, a criminal who wasn’t quite the mastermind he made himself out to be
And at the same time, the American History Museum celebrates its 50th birthday
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