“The United States became engaged in hostilities with North Vietnam on November 1, 1955, when President Eisenhower deployed the Military Assistance Advisory… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
Every February, we celebrate the heritage and contributions of African Americans in North Carolina and around the country. North Carolina holds an… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
“In the Cuban House of Representatives in 1955, Díaz-Balart spoke out against the amnesty granted to Castro by Batista. He went on… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee,… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
“Their story, as the Delany sisters like to say, is not meant as "black" or "women's" history, but American history. It belongs… — Amy Hill Hearth Copy Share Image
There's not much place for the loyalists - especially the loyalists who left - in standard American history. — Rachel Martin Copy Share Image
Our American history reflects a long-standing tension between people and power. In fact, all government everywhere does. But our American form of… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Personally, I can't see the appeal in trekking down to D.C. for a networking extravaganza, even if it is built around a… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
“In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wielding… — Tim Palmer Copy Share Image
“The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican or a conservative, the election of Trump is a national tragedy for… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
“Thanks so much. I'm really enjoying the book. I've known a lot about Bali over my 37 years of going there ...… — Dr. Vivienne Kruger Copy Share Image
When I was ambushed by global warming advocates recently - no, they haven't given up - they asked me the same questions… — James Inhofe Copy Share Image
We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process… — Ken Calvert Copy Share Image
What we need to do is to have a sensible approach to immigration. It needs to be open. It needs to be… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Not even much survives as memory. Many of the most notable names of the summer—Richard Byrd, Sacco and Vanzetti, Gene Tunney, even… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Having now finished the work assigned me,” Washington solemnly said, “I retire from the great theatre of Action. . . . I… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
“I spent the day gathering flowers and weaving them into festoons, while the dead body of my father was lying within a… — Harriet A. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Acknowledging that all our land was stolen from Native people feels like too great a burden, so we create an alternative reality… — Daniel Hill Copy Share Image
“This place where she worked certainly didn't make it look as if she continued to believe her calling was to change the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“In 2008, America elected a man with no "hands-on" experience" of anything who promptly cocooned himself within a circle of advisors with… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Even a cursory run through American history shows exceptionalism has been used to justify bloodshed, oppression, and profit. — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
The defining moment in American economic history is when Bill Clinton lobbied to get China into the World Trade Organization. It was… — Peter Navarro Copy Share Image
“The infamous Fray Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, who had sniveled around the Royal Court wanting to become a favorite of the… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
