Roger Taney was born in 1777 to a wealthy Maryland family that owned slaves. Early in his career, he called slavery a “blot ...

About 600 civil rights marchers left Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma on March 7, 1965. They walked peacefully toward ...

The Cane River flows through northwest Louisiana where Caddo Indians once farmed corn and hunted deer. French explorer Louis ...

In August 1831, Turner led about 60 enslaved men in the deadliest slave revolt in U.S. history. They killed around 55 white ...

In 1838-1839, the U.S. government forced about 16,000 Cherokee people to leave their homes and walk 1,000 miles to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. Many died from cold, hunger, and sickness along this ...

George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert Sullivan joined the Navy together on January 3, 1942. They refused to serve ...

If you haven’t hit up New Orleans yet, you’re missing out on a city that’s hotter than a Louisiana summer and more colorful ...

About 600 women applied to join the Naval Academy’s Class of 1980. Only 81 made it through the tough screening process. Like ...

The USS Pueblo left Yokosuka, Japan on January 5, 1968, stopping at Sasebo before heading toward North Korean waters on ...

Giuseppe Zangara was born in 1900 in Calabria, Italy. He grew up poor with an abusive father and began working at age six.

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Arkansas is a hidden gem for lovers of clear, sparkling lakes nestled among ancient mountains and lush forests. From scuba ...