America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Lizzie is a suspect in the of killing her family because she is home alone, she seems greedy, and her testimony is suspicious.
Although Lizzie's documents still exist, a Supreme Court ruling protects the papers of the deceased from the public.
Scholars disagree about the reliability of slave memoirs and oral histories.
Jim Crow Laws, named after a character in a minstrel show, become a synonym for legal segregation.
Facts about Bobby's fatal shooting are still in dispute today.
Susan continues to fight for women's suffrage until she dies aged 86, fourteen years before passage of 19th Amendment in 1920.
Despite internal opposition in Iran, Americans help Britain to remove Mossadeq from power. This action damages America's relationship with Iran.
Louie comes home from war angry and violent. After meeting Billy Graham, Louie decides to change his life and learn to forgive those who harmed him.
This lithograph, by John Childs, depicts “Cinque Addressing his Compatriots.” It is online via the U.S. National Archives, courtesy of the...
Mossadeq upsets Britain by taking back control of Iran's oil; the U.S. agrees to partner with Britain to overthrow him.
Once...Iran had a good relationship with the U.S., and that bond grew through World War II.
Unsterile conditions during the searches for the bullet result in a deadly infection and blood poisoning.
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