By Richard Kreitner Richard Kreitner is the host of the U.S. history podcast “Think Back” and the author of “Fear No Pharaoh: ...

Zaakir Tameez is the author of “Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation,” to be released on June 3.

The History Channel has shared a powerful campaign that hopes to warn people of the rising numbers of right-wing extremism. Its message is that if we don’t learn from history, we are doomed to ...

SUMNER -- The second annual "Cruising Through History” car cruise will take place June 12, spotlighting Sumner and its history. ...

Prolific action movie star Danny Trejo shows off his more academic side in his new History Channel show, “Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo.” “I hate to admit it, but I think history ...

Country Music Hall of Famers Brooks & Dunn not only teamed with rising superstar Jelly Roll to deliver the performance of the night, but also snapped up a surprising, history-making win at the ...

It's a hard day for Garth Brooks fans. After news broke Thursday night that the 62-year-old singer − a household name in country music − has been accused of sexual assault and battery by a ...

Preston Brooks bludgeoned Sen. Charles Sumner unconscious ... dramatic and deeply ominous moments in the Senate’s entire history.” Northerners could scarcely believe the news, and the newly ...

Preston Brooks attacks Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate chambers ... deeply ominous moments in the Senate’s entire history.” Northerners could scarcely believe the news ...

Preston Brooks (D-SC), a slaveholder, used his cane to beat unconscious fervent abolitionist Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA), after Sumner had delivered an anti-slavery speech. As the History Channel ...