Culture

Years after he integrated the MLB, Robinson publicly badgered John F. Kennedy on civil rights.

A new book, ‘Active Bodies,’ explores the history.

The government shouldn’t subsidize porn, he argued.

Comics were able to reflect changing views on the conflict in a way few other popular culture forms could.

Burns and co-director Lynn Novick take a "many sides" approach to history at a time when "many sides" is a tool of obfuscation.

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

An excerpt from "The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American Libido."

How floods have united people of color from the Gulf Coast states for nearly a century.

Today's headlines evoke the the racist and hate filled headlines of KKK publications.

The filmmaker wants ‘The Vietnam War’ to unite America. Can anyone do that under Trump?

With Donald Trump bringing the Ku Klux Klan back into the spotlight, we must return to William Bradford Huie's 1967 novel.

Mavis Staples' lyrics span from the civil-rights-era to today's societal issues.

From log cabins to Gilded Age mansions, how you lived determined where you belonged.

Simeon Wade describes visiting Death Valley with Michel Foucault in 1975.

A recent Otis Redding biography examines what was and what could have been, 50 years after tragedy struck.

In Progressive-Era New York, a now-forgotten trend of public bathhouses was introduced in order to cleanse the unwashed masses.

Since 9/11 the story behind the Falling Man, and the search for him, is our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.

There was little indication 166 years ago that the book would enter the canon of great American fiction.

It’s more helpful to think about exploitation and disrespect than to define cultural “ownership.”

Old fights about radio have lessons for new fights about the Internet.

The Library of Congress is turning to the internet for a new generation of shared culture.

Even in a fractious era, the filmmaker still believes that his documentaries can bring every viewer in.

Freedom, fear and friendliness mingle in these emblematic eateries.

How the classic film helped promote a Reconstruction myth that was central to the maintenance of Jim Crow.

The marriage of twentieth-century avant-gardists Arthur Cravan and Mina Loy was blissfully happy—until his mysterious disappearance.

As the nation debates monuments and public memory, it’s important to understand how other cultural sites help people learn (false) history.

In the 1960s, there was no grand vision behind the idea of a middle school. The problem that the model sought to solve was segregation.

The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.

The genius move that turned potato scraps into a frozen-food empire

For the 30th anniversary of "Dirty Dancing," we spoke to the film's screenwriter about her revolutionary decision to include a depiction of an illegal abortion.