U.S. History
All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day.
World History
History from countries and communities across the globe, including the world’s major wars.
Eras & Ages
From prehistory, though antiquity and into the 21st century, all of history’s biggest chapters.
Culture & Tradition
The stories behind the faiths, food, entertainment and holidays that shape our world.
Science & Innovation
The pivotal discoveries, visionary inventors and natural phenomena that impacted history.
The American Revolution was a fight for freedom, but for the enslaved man who helped ensure victory, the battle was just beginning.
During WWII, Josephine Baker used her fame to spy for the French Resistance, later becoming a Civil Rights leader.
In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. expanded his cause beyond Civil Rights and advocated to lift Americans out of poverty.
From a young age, Coretta Scott King loved music. She studied at the New England Conservatory and met Martin Luther King Jr. there.
Bree Newsome discusses the impact that everyday citizens like Lynda Blackmon Lowrey had on the civil rights movement.