Sarah Pruitt

For soldiers on both sides, music was a vital source of inspiration and comfort.

The split between the two main sects within Islam goes back some 1,400 years.

These writers were part of the larger cultural movement centered in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood and offered complex portraits of Black life in America.

These writers were part of the larger cultural movement centered in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood and offered complex portraits of Black life in America.

The history of established feminist movements in the United States roughly breaks down into four different time periods.

The 16th U.S. president was firm in believing slavery was morally wrong, but his views on racial equality were sometimes more complicated.

The colossal power of the atomic bomb drove the world’s two leading superpowers into a new confrontation.

Theodore Roosevelt’s views stood out as progressive for the time—even as they were tempered by traditionalism.

Ancient Egypt may be long gone, but archaeologists keep finding its treasures. For more than 3,000 years, one of history’s greatest civilizations flourished

The June 1969 riots at New York City’s Stonewall Inn marked a raucous turning point in the fight for LGBT rights.