The Atlantic Slave Trade Continued Illegally in America Until the Civil War
The United States transatlantic slave trade wasn’t supposed to last all the way to the Civil War. An ...View More
8 Steps That Paved the Way to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or ...View More
Why Ice Cream Soared in Popularity During Prohibition
When Congress passed the Volstead Act in 1920, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic bev ...View More
How the Tulsa Race Massacre Was Covered Up
During the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, a devastating and violent riot obliterated Tulsa’s Greenwood ...View More
How the US Civil War Influenced Music
Though music had become ubiquitous in American life even before the Civil War, the conflict between ...View More
The Conflicted Legacy of the First Vice President of Color
While the election of Kamala Harris to vice president is historic, she isn’t the first person of col ...View More
Chocolate’s Sweet History: From Elite Treat to Food for the Masses
Mankind’s love affair with chocolate stretches back more than five millennia. Produced from the seed ...View More
How Cesar Chavez Joined Larry Itliong to Demand Farm Workers' Rights
In the late 1960s, grapes grabbed national attention—and not in a good way. Newly organized farm wor ...View More
Shirley Chisholm: Facts About Her Trailblazing Career
Shirley Chisholm is widely known for her history-making turn in 1972 when she became the first Afric ...View More
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