Reaching a unanimous agreement on a precise start date for the Vietnam War is tricky.
Posted inStories
The War Correspondent Who Made Belleau Wood — and the Marine Corps — Immortal
Floyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor
Posted inReview, Stories
Book Review: The Last Sovereigns
Dean of Western historians Robert Utley details the life of Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull after the Little Bighorn
Posted inStories
Benjamin ‘Pap’ Singleton: The ‘Moses’ Who Helped Thousands of Blacks Find Freedom
Helping many blacks get to freedom, Benjamin ‘Pap’ Singleton’s efforts earned him the affectionate nickname “Moses of the Colored Exodus.”
Posted inStories
“Wake, Nicodemus”: A Ballad by Abolitionist Henry Clay Work Inspired by a Black Settlement
Work’s ballad relates the tale of a man named Nicodemus, who was brought to America on a slave ship and later purchased his freedom.
Posted inFeature
A Killer Sense of Humor: Images of Murderous Rabbits Line Medieval Texts
Run away! Run away!
Posted inStories
America’s First Black Fighter Pilot Fought for the French
Facing incredible odds and racial obstacles in 1916, Eugene Jacques Bullard excelled and rose as America’s first black fighter pilot.
Posted inStories
Angelina Jolie to Sell the Only Painting Created by Winston Churchill During WWII
It’s the celebrity gossip military historians didn’t know they needed — until now.
Posted inStories
Are ‘Hitler Rant’ YouTube Videos Appropriate?
Inspired by the German film “Downfall” (2004), the parodies poke fun at Adolf Hitler while providing satirists with a creative outlet.
Posted inStories
Honoring Anna Mae Robertson and the ‘Six Triple Eight,’ WWII’s First and Only All-Black Female Battalion
With the motto, ‘no mail, low morale,’ the battalion tackled a two-year backlog of mail in 1945