Slavery’s arrival in the United States happened by accident, but its arrival created a thriving tobacco industry and fueled the Industrial Revolution.
Author: Rick Hampson, USA TODAY
For those at Lorraine Motel when MLK was killed, what does it mean to witness martyrdom?
Many Americans remember where they were when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel. A few were actually there.
World War I was not the ‘war to end all war,’ but it was the beginning of the end
The worst prediction of the last century — that World War I was “the war to end all war” — looks better in this one.
After a week when violence exploded across America, hope battles hate at our national memorials
After another week when hate took over the national conversation, Americans sought solace at places where in the past the U.S. has confronted disaster