On, NASA reached a pivotal milestone in America’s race to the Moon with the first launch of an Apollo-Saturn IB rocket, known as AS-201, from Cape Kennedy—today’s Cape Canaveral.

From Birmingham jail to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Alexander Brown recounts his role in the Civil Rights Movement.

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President Joe Biden signed a proclamation designating the site of the 1908 Springfield race riot, one of the most egregious outbreaks of race-related violence in U.S. history, as a national monument.

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On Jan. 14, 2013, cyclist Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview he'd used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France seven ...

“There’s no place for Uncle Tom on this bus, man.” The voice of the Negro echoed down the neon-bathed Harlem street as he mounted the steps of Bus 10 ready to start for Washington. It was 2 a. m. on ...

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On this day (December 24) in 1963, Buck Owens was at the top of the country chart with “Love’s Gonna Live Here.” It retained the top spot for 16 weeks between September 1963 and February 1964, setting ...