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Missy Sullivan

Missy Sullivan, special projects editor at HISTORY.com, is an award-winning journalist and editor who previously held editorial positions at The Wall Street Journal, SmartMoney magazine and Forbes.

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History

'Walk' among the terra cotta warriors. Tour Anne Frank's secret annex. Read letters to FDR. And more.

Jackie Robinson: His Life and Career in Pictures

The six-time MLB All-Star wasn't just a pioneering athlete. His efforts launched a cascade of civil rights advances.

Malcolm X

Its title—'The Negro'—seemed innocuous enough. But the revolutionary civil rights leader intended it to invoke a much harsher meaning.

The battle between the Crusaders and Muslims at Ascalon, 1099, was considered the last action of the First Crusade.

They weren't all battles and bloodshed. There was also coexistence, political compromise, trade, scientific exchange—even love.

Tulsa Race Riots

Historic images of Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood district reveal how the 1921 mob attack devastated the nation's Black cultural and economic mecca.

Vintage Christmas picture from 1960 of a boy and girl with Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls

From Raggedy Ann to Barbie to Cabbage Patch Kids, these mass-produced playthings have delighted millions of children worldwide.

UFO reports in the capital's air space set headlines blaring across the nation about 'disks' and 'whatzits' and mysterious lights.

Seventy years after Americans liberated Dachau, Joshua Kaufman and Daniel Gillespie reconnect.

At the CIA, tools of the espionage trade have ranged from to clothing cameras to dragonfly drones.

Car chases. Drag races. Spy maneuvers and more. The film world has long had a love affair with its four-wheeled stars.

An illustrated poster of early Hot Wheels toys, now highly collectible

For the first few years, they originally sold for less than a buck.

Three stunts. One night. Two legends. And an old-school motorcycle.

Evel Live 2

Trailblazing champion motocross athlete Vicki Golden will go after a fiery world record.

At HISTORY's 'Evel Live 2,' the motocross athlete rammed through 13 flaming boards.