Watch: Rare Footage of All-Black Towns in 1920s America
In the decades after slavery, dozens of thriving Black communities appeared in Oklahoma. This rare footage gives us an intimate look at life in these towns a century ago.
In the decades after slavery, dozens of thriving Black communities appeared in Oklahoma. This rare footage gives us an intimate look at life in these towns a century ago.
Georgia Gilmore played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement—one of feeding and funding those at the frontlines. A marvelous cook, she took it upon herself to bring together a secret society-esque group of women who used food to fuel the movement.
Roughly 1500 years ago, someone in Sicily suffered from intestinal worms. Here’s why researchers are excited about that.
You’re not really wishing someone a good ‘bye.’ ‘Bye’ is just an abbreviation—and ‘good’ is sort of a mistake.
Fabergé eggs have long been symbols of craftsmanship, prestige, and ultimately tragedy. They tell a story of the wealth, power, and decadence that would seal the fate of the Romanovs.
Most shipwrecks can usually be blamed on weather, currents, or mechanical failures. For others, the Bermuda Triangle could be the culprit.
With one drop of his mysterious green liquid, Louis Enricht claimed he could turn water into nearly-free fuel. He was a dirty liar.
The Greek youth Antinous drowned in the Nile—but he would go on to have one of the most remarkable afterlives in history.
Racism shut her out of competitive figure skating, but Mabel Fairbanks made her mark on the sport anyway.
Audre Lorde’s poems, speeches, and books helped write the future of feminism. Here are some facts about the woman behind the work.
From writing a salty letter of insults to rid yourself of unwanted attention to using a key to ward off epilepsy, here are 11 of the oddest old-timey Valentine’s Day traditions from years past.
Online dating and swiping on Tinder have nothing on romance in the past, which was often humiliating, dangerous, and exhausting.
September 16, 1913: In 1912 and 1913, a series of crises centered on Albania repeatedly brought Europe to the edge of war.
Don't drink water. And by God, be sure to breathe!
The Coliseum of ancient Rome may have been the single most barbaric sporting venue in human history—in fact, some showdowns there were so ferocious that historians still talk about them today.
Dry propaganda deeply penetrated the nation’s educational system and much of it soon became required reading in hundreds of public schools, spreading some truly outlandish misinformation in the process.
A lot may have changed in the last fifty years, but at least one rule of American popular culture has stayed the same: a hot summer needs a hot soundtrack.
On June 11, 1962, the Anglin brothers and Frank Morris mounted the most infamous prison break of the 20th century. Evidence continues to mount that they actually got away with it.
Before the Niagara Falls Ice Bridge Disaster of 1912, tourists gathered on the frozen water beneath the falls each winter.
Thanks to developments in science and technology, you can't add jobs like slubber doffers and night soil men to your resume these days.
History classes haven't done a great job of ridding these popular presidential myths from the American consciousness.
People have mixed feelings about February 14. Before Cupid’s arrow leaves you distracted, here are 20 things you might not know about Valentine’s Day.
Garbage Pail Kids were a smash hit, but they also drew intense criticism from concerned parents—and renowned ocean diver Jacques Cousteau.