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The film's hero and antagonist represent dueling responses to five centuries of African exploitation at the hands of the West.

The early history of American arms trading is missing from most of the scholarship on guns.

How Stone Mountain could become a battlefield where neo-Confederates from across the country make their last stand.

By connecting liberation at home with an end to U.S. militarism abroad, today's black activists are picking up where MLK left off.

Reveal’s analysis of mortgage data found evidence of modern-day redlining in 61 metro areas across the country.

White farmers, threatened by Japanese-Americans' success, played a critical role in the creation of internment camps.

It's part of the glorification of the military that's been happening since the first Gulf War.

How hamburgers became a staple of the American diet.

What Atari was really like, according to the women that were there.

Since the Mexican-American War, Army regulars haven't always been treated as heroes.

How Angels in America put Roy Cohn into the definitive story of AIDS.

African American marriages before and after the Civil War.

The Cold War and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.

The Courage and Comic Genius of Groundbreaking Female Stand-Ups

In the hamlet where U.S. troops killed hundreds of civilians, survivors are ready to forgive the most infamous American soldier.

Fifty years after Loving v. Virginia, four scholars consider the legacy of the famous Supreme Court decision.

Back when video of Vinny Licciardi smashing a computer zigzagged all over the internet, "viral" wan't even a thing yet.

Frederick Douglas had another, lesser known, impact on Baltimore.

The steady hand behind more than 30 No. 1 country hits.

A look at the ornate float and costume designs from Carnival’s “Golden Age."

Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech is widely known as one of the greatest abolitionist speeches ever.

Before Tinder, there was “Singles News.”

Today’s populist resurgence has us rethinking the role these movements play in U.S. politics.

Unlike many economists today, they questioned fundamental social structure.

Even Twain's own autobiography cannot reveal the whole truth of the literary legend.

Soldiers and their families, sometimes barely literate, wrote to assuage fear and convey love.

A new book about the My Lai massacre raises the question: how much of an aberration was the infamous wartime episode?

The Father of the U.S. Constitution fought a life-long physical battle, too.

The debate between "originalism" and the "living constitution" rages on. What does history say?

The amazing true story of Bass Reeves, the formerly enslaved man who patrolled the Wild West.

After my son died, how could I know anything for certain?

The Olympics have long enabled global superpowers to enact their political and ideological conflicts in sport.

Why the Clinton Administration is to blame for creating a permanent underclass of undocumented immigrants.

The Trump Administration has clamored for a military parade. What are the origins of tank-led celebrations?

A review of "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America."

The roots of the influential institution at the center of the Trump-Russia investigation.

Former slaves claimed the president came to plantations disguised as a beggar or a peddler, telling them they’d soon be free. 

Two former anti-doping professionals think the fight against performance-enhancing drugs is doing more harm than good.

The celebration is steeped in a history of racial politics no number of floats could easily erase.

The February 1968 killing of three student protesters in Orangeburg, SC marked a turning point in the black freedom struggle.

The pandemic was the most lethal global disease outbreak since the Black Death. What were people thinking at the time?

The arsenic-laden pages of "Shadows from the Walls of Death" should not be touched without gloves.

A pair of 1959 films brought "Smell-o-vision" into movies.

The religious profile of young adults today differs dramatically from that of older Americans.

A new campaign by historians seeks to bring recognition to the site where the 20th president was shot.

Newly discovered league memo from 1966 anticipates controversies over the Colin Kaepernick protest.

Medicine’s dark history helps explain why black mothers are dying at alarming rates.

Were the founders really warning us about Trump, or were they just playing politics, too?

Now all but forgotten, a group of New York socialites was instrumental to the success of the suffrage movement.

A history of Independence Hall offers an example of how old buildings and open spaces are not always ripe sites for development.