In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma featured one of the nation’s most successful African American commercial and residential neighborhoods. By the evening of June 1st, Greenwood Avenue had been entirely destroyed by rampaging white rioters.
On This Day
The Orchard Keeper turns 50
Most Americans became familiar with Cormac McCarthy after he appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show in 2007 to talk about his Pulitzer Prize winning book The Road.
Getting Right with Brown
For over sixty years, no matter where you stand on the constitutional spectrum, you have had to get right with Brown v. Board of Education.
The Sinking of the Lusitania
On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, a German U-Boat captained by Walther von Schweiger spotted a four-stacked ocean liner off the coast of Ireland.
The First Inauguration
In lower Manhattan a statue marks the site where George Washington took the constitutional oath of office to become president of the United States on April 30, 1789.
The Tenth Man on the Field…or Above It
April 28 is the 50th anniversary of one of the strangest episodes in the history of broadcasting: the day an announcer broadcast a game within the field of play.
America and the Armenian Genocide
April 24, 2015 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the twentieth century, and a horrific event that still has repercussions for American foreign policy today.
The Day After: Andrew Johnson Sworn in as President
President Lincoln’s death meant that Vice President Andrew Johnson had to be sworn in as the nation’s new president. And the transition from Lincoln’s presidency to Johnson’s provided a retrospective of Lincoln’s life.
John Wilkes Booth’s Other Victims
Nearly every American knows that John Wilkes Booth murdered President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865. Was Abraham Lincoln the only casualty that night?
William Henry Seward: Another Victim of the Events of April 14, 1865
After Abraham Lincoln drew his last breath, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton said, “Now he belongs to the ages.” Stanton had spent the night sending messages to military officials and government personnel in response to the assassination. Yet he was neither the Cabinet member closest in the line of succession or, for that matter, closest to Lincoln.