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Here’s why some historians argue she was Britain’s first Black queen—and what we know for sure about her life with King George III.
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As an actress, she was known as the “most beautiful woman in the world” during the 1940s. Lamarr was also a technological genius whose inventions helped support the Allies during...
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Jun 25, 2025
In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting legacy of the Scopes 'Monkey' Trial.
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The law, which gives the president sweeping powers over non-citizens, was part of a set of statutes that emerged during the tenuous period following the Revolutionary War.
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Frustrations over the exclusion of women from America’s national narrative boiled over in the 1970s—leading to the creation of Women’s History Month.
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The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.
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Suspicion. Rebellion. Murder. The Netflix show American Primeval depicts how tensions between Mormon pioneers in Utah and the U.S. government came to a violent head in the 1850s.
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Jan 22, 2025
First proposed nearly a century back and approved by Congress 50 years ago, does the beleaguered constitutional amendment have another chance?
Jul 2, 2025As an actress, she was known as the “most beautiful woman in the world” during the 1940s. Lamarr was also a technological genius whose inventions helped support the Allies during...
Jun 25, 2025In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting legacy of the Scopes 'Monkey' Trial.
Mar 10, 2025Frustrations over the exclusion of women from America’s national narrative boiled over in the 1970s—leading to the creation of Women’s History Month.
Feb 7, 2025The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.
Jan 22, 2025First proposed nearly a century back and approved by Congress 50 years ago, does the beleaguered constitutional amendment have another chance?