A civil rights hero whose influence is felt in nearly every part of California’s fabric, Dolores Huerta passed away at her Bakersfield home surrounded by family on Wednesday, October 28. Huerta is primarily known for her work as a political organizer…
Perhaps the happiest moment experienced by Clark Pahlas was when “a little freckle-face boy looked up … and said, ‘Gee mister, history is fun, isn’t it.’” Pahlas used that expression, “History is fun,” as the jumping-off point for his “Circuit Rider…
Other ways to search: Episode 40: The African Diaspora: Beyond Borders, Beyond Boundaries "History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history." The African Diaspora Playlist by Dr. Reiland Rabaka - Louis…
Forty-five bidders battled for just under three minutes for ownership of what is perhaps the most consequential map in American history. Bidding started at $400,000 for the survey of states divided by the Mason-Dixon Line, finished in 1768 by Charles Mason and…
Mason Temple, the Memphis church where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final public address, is set to receive a $1.2 million federal renovation to preserve one of the most important landmarks of the Civil Rights Movement. The project is part…
A house that once served as a nerve center for the Civil Rights Movement is opening its doors again—this time as a museum piece. The former Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow activists mapped out strategy…
For the first time since 2023, several endangered homes in the North Carolina Outer Banks town of Rodanthe will be purchased by the government for more than $1 million and demolished. The three homes, including one, a popular home called "The Black…
What a year it has been celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States of America. But our birthday celebration didn’t end on July 4. That was just the beginning. When our forefathers at…
Additionally, the Japanese had been at war since 1937, and had therefore begun IJN’s open expansion. By the time America entered World War II in December 1941, the IJN was the world’s most powerful navy by some lengths, and this was specifically…
Listen or Read Below: John Adams, one of America’s Founding Fathers and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, who went on to become our first vice president and second President of the United States, was a man who loved…
American history from Indigenous societies and colonization to the present.
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