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According to the recent discoveries, civil rights activist, Dorothy Cotton, and King had a close romantic relationship.

The right turned Linda Taylor into a bogeyman. But her real life was much more complicated.

Gravely inaccurate 19th-century depictions of the destruction of Rome are used to illustrate parallels between Rome and the U.S.

25 years later, what does Gump mean?

The abuse of data from the 1940 census has fueled fears about a citizenship question on the 2020 census form.

"Inevitably, the age of national bootblacks and national oyster houses and national blacksmiths produced national history books."

As we debate reparations, we need to get the facts right.

Understanding the rivalry between England and the Netherlands is crucial to understanding that between New England and New York.

The expansion of banks like Citigroup into Cuba, Haiti, and beyond reveal a story of capitalism built on blood, labor, and race.

A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.

The right to public defense wasn’t granted by elites. It was won by socialist-led mass movements.

What would an American dictionary meen for the men and wimmen of America?

Did the movies ever matter? They did to Ronald Reagan.

In 19th-century America, rare old bones were a resource like any other.

The black men who formed America’s original paramedic corps wanted to make history and save lives—starting with their own.

1776 began as a petty squabble among odious and powerful elites. It soon became the lodestar of emancipatory movements everywhere.

The Declaration of Independence advocates for liberty and equality. We would do well to remember those principles today.

The storied African American newspaper will switch to a digital-only platform starting July 11.

Nostalgia or nightmare?

White liberals opposed segregation in the South, but fought tooth-and-nail to keep it in the North.

The declaration's words and sentiments have inspired nations and movements around the world.

If the British had won the Revolutionary War, things might be very different for Native Americans.

White supremacists are co-opting the Middle Ages. Fighting back requires us to tell better, fuller stories about the period.

The Trump administration’s commitment to deterring immigration through cruelty has made horrifying conditions in there inevitable.

What happened to the great defender of Empire when he settled in the States?

Past defeats still scare older Democratic leaders — but not the younger generation.

How the term "blog" came into being.

The seashore used to be a scary place, then it became a place of respite and vacation. What happened?

Here’s how the Black Hills Pioneer reported on major events in the HBO series.

Led by African American women, the strike inspired legislation that affected the entire nation.

Amy Kaplan’s new book examines the pioneering cultural myths that have tied Israel and the United States together.

Adam Chandler’s new book explores the intersection between fast food and U.S. history.

Frank Malina's scientific dreams were as radical as his politics.

The context and aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to kill the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

In both cases, false confessions were used against a group of black men with only precarious links to one another.

The question is which vision of America it’s being used to advance.

The Boston Symphony’s refusal to play the national anthem in its one concerts triggered a xenophobic panic that led an arrest.

Contrary to what Clarence Thomas recently claimed, eugenicists never favored abortion as a means of population control.

Power comes before freedom, not the other way around.

"Honor America Day" was designed to showcase support for President Nixon at a time of bitter division.

It took decades for the "flag cult" as we know it to get rolling.

How was the Fourth of July celebrated during the Revolutionary War?

Supreme Court decisions have practical consequences, which justices too often blithely ignore.

White nationalists have long used the holiday to advance their dreams of a white country.

Or everything that came before Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus walked down that “Old Town Road.”

And why we need another one.

Fifty years after Jazzercise was founded, it is still shaping how Americans work out—for better or for worse.

Some kind, some weird, some unbelievably harsh.

At what point does resistance become the only choice?

Networks of activists transformed Stonewall from an isolated event into a turning point in the struggle for gay power.