Category : History

Sarah Rector’s life was transformed at the age of eleven in 1913 when her sudden wealth captivated international attention. As news of her fortune spread,...

What actually happened when the slaves in America were freed? It didn’t all happen at once, so it’s not like trying to picture what, say, the...

During the month of February, we pay tribute to historic contributions made by African Americans. Throughout the history of the United States, racism and segregation...

Most visitors who tour the Hermitage outside Nashville, Tennessee come to the historic site because it is the home of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president...

The news was terrifying to the colonialists of Massachusetts. Smallpox had made it to Boston and was spreading very rapidly. The first victims, who were...

The horrifying tale of how postmaster Frazier Baker and his daughter were lynched, and the home was set on fire In 1897, Frazier B. Baker,...

George Mortimer Pullman was an American industrialist and inventor. He was born on March 3, 1831, in Brocton, New York. Pullman is best known for...

Just a few years after the Civil War, the Chicago businessman George M. Pullman began hiring thousands of African-American men—including many former slaves—to serve white passengers...

Part of Charleston’s dark past is in plain sight throughout the downtown area, but few people recognize it.  Forever captured in brickwork are the fingerprints...

The explosion was massive, far larger than the men of the 761st Tank Battalion were expecting when they responded to a German attack in the...