Signage outside of a Chinese Laundry advertising low prices

“White Power Laundries” and the Clash Over Asians in America

The dark history of white power laundry and asians in America.
Relics from prior American War sit in the sunset

Origins of the Confederate Lost Cause

The mythos of the The Lost Cause of the Confederacy.
A couple in love at a picnic in the woods

How Americans Used to Picnic

A historic look at the picnic.
"Sprit of '76.2". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

The American Revolution and Genealogy Research

The history of loyalists and rebels in the American Revolution and genealogy research.
Confederate flag

That Flag Again: The Meanings of the Confederate Flag and Iconography

Different interpretations of confederate flag and confederate battle iconography.
Andrew Jackson in black and white

Andrew Jackson’s Duels

Andrew Jackson had a predilection for old-fashioned fights of honor.
Texas flag

Enslaved People in Texas and the Mexican Border

How the nearness of the Mexican border influenced formerly enslaved people in the state of Texas.
1906 photograph of Ota Benga holding a chimpanzee at the Bronx Zoo

Ota Benga and the Living Ethnographic Exhibit

In the book Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk tells a tale that is more than astonishing.
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The Deaths of Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde went to their deaths on May 23, 1934
A kitchen table full of chopped vegetables and spices

A Plan to Get the Poor to Eat Healthy Food—in the 1890s

Early efforts to get Americans to eat healthy food started with targeting poor citizens.