In 1995 anywhere from 400,000 to 1.1 million black Americans filled the Washington Mall, all the way from the Washington Monument to the capitol building, in solidarity against the socioeconomic disparity and systemic oppression experienced by black communities in the US. The "Million Man March."
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MythBusters was hosted by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, two former Hollywood special effects artists. Here are the most dangerous myths tested on MythBusters.
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Ida B. Wells is an often-overlooking figure in the fight for civil rights. Her life sounds like a movie. This is the untold truth of Ida B. Wells.
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Fought in the emotionally fraught aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway became a Hollywood movie in real time.
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Throughout the early '90s, grunge was a worldwide phenomenon inspiring mainstream fashion and culture.
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Kurt Cobain's guitar just sold at an insane price -- netting the equivalent of $1 million per string.
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you squint your eyes and think really hard, you'll probably be able to think of a few dozen times and places that were more pleasant than Florence, 700 years ago.
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Jim Crow laws became a guiding principle in the South. What were they, and how bad was life living underneath them? This is the untold truth of Jim Crow.
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George Harrison is remember as the quiet Beatle, but he was much more than that. This is the untold truth of George Harrison.
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You don't really hear about Woolworth's anymore. It stands to reason, seeing as the company's mark on history largely comes down to "they sold ham sandwiches in a retail setting." But the store was the site of an important civil rights victory.
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In America, we called them dime novels. The English called them penny dreadfuls.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- the NAACP -- was officially founded in 1909, but its roots stretched farther back into history -- from the time enslaving human beings was not only tolerated, but legally protected in this country.
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Back in the 2000s, streaming music was still in its infancy, so internet-savvy teenagers started using MP3 players that needed to be loaded with songs. This was the perfect moment for LimeWire — a peer-to-peer network where people shared files like music and movies — to be born.
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Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, two of the most recognizable voices of the sixties music scene, were born within two years of each other: he in 1941, she in 1943.
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Ulysses S. Grant should be a lot more famous than he is, but his name mainly comes up during discussions about greatest generals or worst presidents. However, the untold truth of Ulysses S. Grant is a much richer and more fascinating story.
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Research shows that the population of cowboys in the Old West was at least 25 percent black. Yet you'd never know based on traditional history.
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While the "Chicago Strangler" might sound like a historical villain who stalked the Windy City sometime during the Great Depression, this possible serial killer — or killers — has claimed victims as recently as 2018.
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When protests erupted in response to footage of a Minneapolis police officer killing George Floyd — a helplessly handcuffed man who cried out for his mother as a uniformed government official kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes — a few familiar scenes played out in the media.
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The Zodiac Killer, or simply "Zodiac," as he called himself, was one of America's most notorious criminals.
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There's a long and storied tradition of enlisting animals to assist humans in times of war or straight-up attempting to weaponize them against enemies. In WWII alone, the British sabotaged Nazis with exploding rats, the U.S. tried planned to make bat bombs, and Polish soldiers adopted a ...
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities are seen as one of the significant accomplishments in African American history within the United States.
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John Wayne remains an American icon for his roles in Westerns and war movies, but what do we really know about him? This is the untold truth of John Wayne.
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There's more to the controversial George Armstrong Custer and his last stand than meets the eye. This is the untold truth of General Custer.
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In 1935, the Nazis founded the Ahnenerbe. Its archaeologists researched a lot, from the prehistoric roots of the Aryan race to the location of the Holy Grail, the relics of a lost colony of Atlantis, and, well, you get the idea. This is the untold truth of the Ahnenerbe, Hitler's archaeologists.
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Southerners presented slavery as a good, but especially after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This is the untold truth of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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The Loch Ness Monster has fascinated people for centuries, earning a distinguished role in the pantheon of famous mythic creatures like Bigfoot and the Chupacabra. Sadly, scientists are ready to burst your bubble — they think it's not a monster, at all.
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Rosa Parks was a civil rights activists who made a lasting impact on history. This is the untold truth of Rosa Parks.
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