America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
An integrated group of whites and blacks, men and women traveled by bus throughout the south to test compliance with the ruling in Boynton v Virginia
After the 1929 stock market crash, the Great Depression is the worst economic disaster in history.
After the 1929 stock market crash, the Great Depression is the worst financial failure in U.S. history.
North Vietnam attacks American naval ships, on 2 August 1964, but they do not react.
Despite his nickname as "The Hanging Judge," Isaac C. Parker personally opposed capital punishment. Even so, he gave hundreds of convicted criminals t...
The Hindenburg, built in 1931, is almost as long as the Titanic. Its function is to carry passengers across the Atlantic Ocean in less time than a shi...
The Home Guard locates deserters to return them to war; deserters hide in caves they construct.
Roger Boisjoly reports his thoughts after he watches the Challenger explosion.
After Union soldiers leave, the South resumes racial discrimination and segregation as a way of life.
The debris is foam insulation that possibly damages the Columbia's left wheel well.
Once in New York, immigrants from famine-stricken Ireland form some of the most notorious gangs in Five Points.
While John F. Kennedy is president, his younger brother, Bobby Kennedy, is his Attorney General and trusted advisor.
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