History
Study and interpretation of past events, societies, and cultures, based on evidence, to understand how they have shaped the present and influence the future.
Upcoming Events
August 6 … The Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark piece of civil rights legislation that sought to eliminate…
August 6 … The Confiscation Act of 1861 was a landmark piece of legislation during the American Civil War that…
August 8 … Matthew Henson was an Arctic explorer whose skill, leadership, and deep knowledge of Inuit survival techniques made…
August 10 … The town of Redbird in Oklahoma is a small but historically meaningful community whose origins as an…
August 12 … The Flying Horse Tavern Riot was an outbreak of mob violence that revealed the fragile position of…
August 12 … The International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor (IOT) was among the most significant African…
August 13 … Ibram X. Kendi is a prominent American historian, author, and public intellectual whose scholarship and advocacy have…
August 16 … The Black Guards of Maine were an African American military unit formed during World War I whose…
August 17 … Marcus Garvey Day — observed annually on August 17 — commemorates the birth of Marcus Garvey (1887–1940),…
August 18 … The 1619 Project set out to reframe the story of the United States by placing the arrival…