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Musician and historian Stephen Wade is a master of the banjo, a quintessentially American instrument with a rich history. Hear Wade and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The Kentucky Chautauqua program through the nonprofit Kentucky Humanities has actors and actresses bring to life historical figures from Kentucky through live performances in character, providing an up-close experience to history for community members and schools.

After more than a century as Fort Bragg, the Army's largest base by population becomes Fort Liberty Friday. Bragg is among nine army bases that are dropping the names of Confederate leaders.

Indigenous and Black people tell their own seafaring stories at Mystique Seaport Museum

Nancy Pelosi led highly pivotal moments in recent U.S. political history. Here, a look at Pelosi's career and its impact on that history.

70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, the state of Mississippi is embracing Till's story as the federal government flinches from showcasing painful moments of America's racial history.

Kay Redfield Jamison's new book describes how Lowell's manic-depressive illness influenced his life and work. "His manias tended to lead him into writing a fresh kind of poetry," she says.

More details are emerging about the shooter and his victims in the worst act of deadly violence at an elementary school in U.S. history.

By APFrankfort, KY – A history center and some historic sites in Frankfort are being closed for three months, mostly due to budget cuts. Kentucky…

Daniel talks to Tom Levenson, author of "Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science" (Simon and Schuster). Levenson says that during the Enlightenment, scientists thought that they could explain and understand everything in the universe, but that really isn't true.