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Billy Graham: American Evangelist and Cultural Icon

By: Elvira Nieto

Kenny Washington Makes NFL History: Washington First African-American in National Football League

By: Kathy Kerr

Best Little-Known or Obscure November Holidays: Strange, Wierd and Unique Holidays, Weeks and Monthly Events

By: Feature Writer Robin Montanye

USS Maine in Havana Harbor 1898: The German Connection with the Spanish American War

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Assassination of William McKinley: The Third U.S. President is Murdered in 36 Years

By: Walter Coffey

How Did Americans Survive the Great Depression? People’s Struggle for Survival During the Depression Era

By: Iulia Filip

Lobbyists and the Legislative Process: Influencing Congressmen has been Tied to Corruption and Bribes

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

FDR's Urban Paternalism: Socialistic Empathy or Capitalistic Ignorance?

By: Ron Goodwin

The Life of Warren G Harding: The 29th President of the United States

By: Terry Long

The Lord is My Sheppard: The Indomitable Faith of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By: Ron Goodwin

Prophetic Influences: Martin Luther King Jr., the Black Church, and Social Activism

By: Ron Goodwin

The Filibuster in Parliamentary Procedure: How One US Senator Can Delay the Business of the Senate

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Realpolitik and Idealism in Foreign Policy: State Security Policy Began with Cardinal Richelieu's Raison d'etat

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Who Was General George Marshall? America's Model Soldier-Statesman in War and Uneasy Peace

By: David Hornestay

FDR's New Deal Based on Fascism? Influence of Benito Mussolini on Roosevelt

By: Kathy Kerr

The West Virginia Coal Mine Wars: United Mine Workers Take On the Industrial Revolution

By: Stephen Smoot

The Life of Woodrow Wilson: The 28th President of the United States

By: Terry Long

Lyndon Johnson's Great Society: LBJ's Effort to Continue Kennedy's Idealism and Roosevelt's New Deal

By: Tracey Carter

Defining The Sixties in America: American History in the 1960s - Groups, Organizations, and Movements

By: Tracey Carter

The Life of William Howard Taft: The 27th President of the United States

By: Terry Long

The Kennedy Assassination Limousine: Infamously Stuck In Time, But Where Is It Now?

By: Hari Navarro

About the Tropicana Hotel: A Basic History of the Famed Las Vegas Resort

By: William Swan

Teapot Dome Becomes a Major Scandal: Corruption Taints the Harding Administration

By: Walter Coffey

Role of the United States Senate: Responsibilities of the Upper House of the Federal Legislature

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Amusement Parks and Recreation in the 1950s: Palisades Park in NJ Offered a Day of Fun for American Families

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

About the MGM Grand Hotel: Fun Facts and History of the Famous Las Vegas Hotel

By: William Swan

What Caused the Great Depression? Looking Back on One of the Grimmest Periods in US History

By: Iulia Filip

The Life of Theodore Roosevelt: The 26th President of United States

By: Terry Long

Italian-Americans Imprisoned: The Internment of Italian-Americans during World War II

By: Kathy Kerr

Albert Einstein at a Black University, 1946: Nobel Prize Winner in Physics Spoke at Lincoln University

By: Linda N. Riggins

President Hoover Worsens the Great Depression: Government Intervention Turns Economic Recession Into Catastrophe

By: Walter Coffey

Ezra Pound and Mussolini in Fascist Italy: The Author of the Cantos and His Role in Fascism During II World War

By: Alessandro Mastrorocco

The Man Who Drove the Mules for MLK Jr. Albert Turner Helped Launch the Voting Rights Movement

By: Gene Owens

Did America Win the Cold War? Are Reagan's Claims to Ending US-USSR Hostilities Justified

By: Dawn Ouedraogo

President Reagan - Cold War Policy: American Attitude Toward Communism and the Soviet Threat

By: Dawn Ouedraogo

U.S. Presidents And Health Care Reform: The History Of Public Health Politics In America

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Modern Mercenary Armies in Iraq and Afghanistan: Using Contract Soldiers has Historical Precedent

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Tribune Tower Rocks: Chicago Landmark Façade Displays Rocks, Stones and Artifacts

By: Joe Nowak

Gone With the Wind as Bad History: Faulty Images of the Ante Bellum South in a Classic Movie Epic

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Truman Committee of World War II: The Senate Investigation of the National Defense Program

By: William L. Wunder

The Life of William McKinley: The 25th President of the United States

By: Terry Long

Espionage and Sedition Acts in World War One: Presidential War Powers in the Woodrow Wilson Administration

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

New York's Narrowest House for Sale: Greenwich Village Property Priced at $2.7 Million

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

The Nixon-Kennedy Health Care Plan: How Richard Nixon and Edward Kennedy Worked For American Health Care

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Life of Benjamin Harrison: The 23rd President of the United States

By: Terry Long

The USS Greer Incident September 4, 1941: An American Destroyer is Attacked by a German Submarine

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

World War One and Propaganda: Wilson Establishes the Committee on Public Information

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946: Forerunner to the Freedom of Information Act 1966

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

The St. Louis and U.S. Policy Failures: German Jews Denied Entrance to America in 1939

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Naming of the Verazzano-Narrows Bridge: John N. LaCorte Honors the Italian Explorer

By: Janice Therese Mancuso

Prohibition in the Roaring Twenties: The 18th Amendment was Ill-Conceived and Unenforceable

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Life of Grover Cleveland: The 22nd and 24th President of the United States

By: Terry Long

Presidents Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, and Carter Recognized for Ending Conflict

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Bitter Peace of the Great War: Woodrow Wilson's Idealism Sets the Stage for Future Conflict

By: Walter Coffey

The Election of 1900: American Imperialism and the Full Dinner Pail

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Election of 1896 Candidates and Issues: The Gold Standard, Protective Tariffs, and Law and Order

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Pullman Strike of 1894: Anarchism and Labor Violence Confront Capitalism

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Progressivism and the Rise of the Mass Media: Newspapers and Magazines Helped Shape American Public Opinion

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Who Was Senator Joe McCarthy? How McCarthyism Got Its Bad Name

By: David Hornestay

Franklin Roosevelt and the Yalta Conference: Charting a Post War Europe Based on Free and Open Elections

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Life of Chester A Arthur: The 21st President of the United States

By: Terry Long

Wilma Mankiller – Chief of the Cherokees: First Woman to Lead the Tribe

By: Allene Reynolds

Japanese-American Internment in 1942: Presidential Executive Order 9066 Uproots Americans of Asian Descent

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Marshall Plan of 1947: One of the Most Successful Cold War Initiatives of the Truman Years

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Kermit Roosevelt and the Iranian Coup of 1953: How the CIA Toppled Mossadegh and Put the Shah in Power

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Atomic Policies and Early Cold War Crises: The United States Threatened to Use the Bomb Several Times

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Effects of Isolationism Between the World Wars: Prosperity and Consumerism Blinded Americans to Global Realities

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Eisenhower, Britain, and the Suez Crisis of 1956: The U.S. Opposed British and French Attempts to Regain the Canal

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

American Contributions to World War I in 1918: The U.S. Role in Defeating the Central Powers

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The LBJ Influence: The Great Society and Civil Rights

By: Ron Goodwin

Famous Short Speeches: Short Famous Speeches By Americans In Times of Strife

By: Feature Writer Chad Criswell

W.E.B. DuBois and the Niagra Movement: From the Niagara Movement to the Montgomery Improvement Association

By: Ron Goodwin

Who Has Been to the Moon? Men Who've Walked the Moon and Refuting Moon Hoax Theories

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

Black Soldiers and Jim Crow: Fighting for Respect in the Age of Racist Segregation

By: Ron Goodwin

OPLAN 34A and Covert Action in Vietnam: A Top Secret Operation Provides the Motivation for U.S. Escalation

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Camelot Presidency of John F. Kennedy: How the 1000 Days of JFK Promoted Heroes and the Cause of Justice

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Flight of Apollo 11: The 40th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing

By: Terry Long

The Life of James Garfield: The 20th President of the United States

By: Terry Long

Rise of Consumerism and Mass Culture in the 1920: A Standardized Culture, Mass Entertainment and Mass Consumption

By: Iulia Filip

John Harvey Kellogg and the Cereal Revolution: How Food Science and National Marketing Changed Breakfast

By: David McNeill

The Life of Rutherford B Hayes: The 19th President of the United States

By: Terry Long

New London School Disaster Worst Ever in US: 1937 Texas Gas Explosion Wiped Out Next Generation in Boom Town

By: Feature Writer Howard Bryan Bonham

Federal Subsidies and Urban Transportation: The Development of the Auto-Nation

By: Ron Goodwin

The Kitty Genovese Murder: Murder Witnessed By 38 People Who Ignored Her Scream For Help

By: Jim Rada

Automotive Pioneer Alice Ramsey: The First Woman to Drive Across the United States

By: John K. Davis

The 1933 Long Beach Earthquake: Structural Damages Lead to Earthquake-Resistant Schools

By: Jim Rada

How American History was Taught and Written: Pre Vietnam Era Texts Perpetuated Stereotypes and Omitted Facts

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Wizard of Oz as Allegory and Fairy Tale: Deconstructing a Classic American Book Written for Children

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

U.S. Goes Off the Gold Standard: Too Much Government Spending Forces Fiscal Change

By: Jim Rada

Robert Quillen – Mark Twain or a Mencken? Mill-Town Philosopher Reflects Southern Attitudes Between the Warss

By: Gene Owens

World War II in the Pacific: U.S. Army Soldier Remembers Life in New Guinea & the Philippines

By: Melanie Benfield

New York City Subway System Breaks Ground: Rapid transit system helped people easily commute through the city

By: Jim Rada

Mr. Justice Benjamin Cardozo: Was He the First Hispanic on the Supreme Court?

By: David Hornestay

Progressive Legislation from 1913 - 1914: The Wilson Administration

By: Heather Strong

A Brief History of Air Force One: The Flying White House

By: Feature Writer Francine Brokaw

1925 Killer Tornado in the Midwest: Demolishes West Frankfort, Murphybsoro, Carbondale in Illinois

By: Jim Rada

Miners Lose Lives: Knox Coal Mine Disaster Reveals Corruption in PA's Wyoming Valley

By: Christine Musser

Racial Healing in Mississippi: Philadelphia Elects a Black Mayor

By: Gene Owens

U.S and the Search for World Peace After 1918: Isolationism, Interventionism and World War II

By: Feature Writer Tongkeh Joseph Fowale

Warren G. Harding: A Dark Horse Candidate with a Dubious and Lackluster Past

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

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