1619 marks a key moment in American and African-American history. This is why it matters — and why it's become controversial. Credit: Mashable composite; Getty Images / mikroman6 We look to history to ...

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In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what's happening in the United States today. But many of us often don't get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

President Donald Trump is renaming yet another body of water. After the 80-year-old President of the United States renamed the […] ...

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