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."
During the War of 1812, British forces captured Washington and set fire to some of the capital's key buildings. Then a tornado struck with interesting...
Why pick Christmas night for this attack? Washington knew that Hessian soldiers, fighting for Britain, liked to celebrate holidays. Maybe the Patriots...
After Patriots forced General Howe and his fleet out of Boston, the Brits sailed into New York Harbor in June of 1776.
General Washington was nearly fifty-two when he decided to retire from military life and return to his Mount Vernon plantation.
President Nixon always said he didn't know about a massive cover-up, but then a ''smoking gun'' tape was released. It led to the President's resignati...
Image of a political cartoon called Move over We can't stay in a holding pattern forever, by Herb Block and published July 29, 1973.
In this disastrous battle, from the patriots perspective, a tired and outnumbered British force (led by Banastre Tarleton) routed the Americans (led b...
W.E.B. DuBois spent his life gathering evidence to refute the myths of racial inferiority. African-Americans struggled in the face of discriminatory l...
Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) was an orator (among other things) who spoke publicly against slavery.
Wendell Smith - a reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier at the time Jack Robinson was playing baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs (a "Negro-League" te...
Mahalia Jackson sings "We Shall Overcome" during her European Tour of 1971. She is in failing health when she gives this performance.
"We Shall Overcome" became the rally cry of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
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