U.S. Presidents have varying backgrounds and political persuasions. Only one was unanimously elected. They can have little or lasting influence. These stories are about individuals with the power to make a difference at home and abroad.
Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, shoots and kills Oswald almost exactly 48 hours after the President's assassination.
While the Japanese plan Pearl Harbor, their Washington DC diplomats keep in contact with US officials; rumors of war begin.
In 1965 millions of black Americans in the south still could not vote.
Sengbe raises money so that 35 of 53 Amistad captives can return to their homeland.
John Quincy Adams, a former American President, argues the Amistad case to the Supreme Court using the Declaration of Independence.
Four male college students from historically black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College challenged segregation in public restaurants.
President Lincoln in his fight to uphold the Union agrees to ban slave trade and admits that the practice is wrong.
Somalia, an ancient country in Africa, is made up mostly of Muslims who wage war on each other. The US and other countries send aid to this poor and h...
The Great Depression is a time of unmatched despair with people literally starving.
A list of facts and events that make the Presidential Inauguration a unique event.
While running for office, many candidates suffer ridicule in local and national media outlets.
In 1979, student protesters take over the U.S. embassy in Tehran and take hostages.
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