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The devastation in Texas Hill Country isn't the first time Americans have mourned the victims of deadly floodwaters.
In a time when interracial marriage was considered a crime in Virginia, Richard and Mildred Loving — a white man and a woman ...
American history is more polarizing than ever. But the country’s leading storyteller wants to prove there’s still an appetite ...
Another trail 1,200 miles south in Fort Pierce, Florida, highlights African American history on a smaller scale. All the sites on this self-guided trail are connected to one person: Zora Neale ...
When American History X was released in 1998, 25 years ago, it warned of a gathering storm of white supremacist violence. The indie crime thriller garnered both praise and criticism, but also a ...
Ned Blackhawk Wants to Unmake the US Origin Story Professor Blackhawk’s new volume attempts to put Native peoples’ stories at the center of the history of the United States.
The Smithsonian could be the beginning of Trump’s plan to edit history. Or the end. The president may not like how the museum and research institution tells the American story — but Americans do.
‘American Primeval’ Team on Portraying the Brutal History of America’s Westward Expansion: “The Truth of This World Is Violent” Director Peter Berg, executive producer Eric Newman ...
What the History of American Expansion Can Tell Us About Trump’s Threats A historian of the United States’ empire discusses nuclear Greenland, selling Puerto Rico, and the renaissance of ...
American Sniper tells the story of Chris Kyle, a.k.a. the most lethal sniper in American history. Directed by Clint Eastwood , the 2014 war film — which received six Oscar nominations — is now ...
Trump's executive order targeting the Smithsonian, especially the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is an attempt to rewrite American history. The order reflects insecurity ...
What American history tells us about fear of immigrants by Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin, opinion contributors - 10/27/24 8:00 AM ET ...