Poet and writer Clint Smith says we are taught to think of slavery as something that happened a long, long time ago. But then ...

This month marks 222 years since the Corps of Discovery, led by Lewis and Clark, set up camp along the Missouri River in what ...

Stacker has compiled a list of the 50 longest-running television shows in United States broadcast history. These programs ...

For some, history is just that: Something to be learned in a classroom — a collection of names and stories in thick textbooks. But there are many reasons history is important well beyond a midterm ...

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Join students in college classrooms to hear lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to 9-11. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2.

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

For more than two centuries, amendments have allowed our Constitution to grow with the country. The 13th Amendment, for instance put an end to slavery, while the 19th gave women the vote. It was ...