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Rock historian Ed Ward talks about some of the soul music that came out of the Vietnam war.

Schneider won for the 20th time, tying Julia Collins for the most wins by a woman. Schneider honored Collins by wearing a dark blue sweater, much like the one Collins wore on her 20th win in 2014.

James Baldwin took a long, hard look at race and history in his major poem "Staggerlee Wonders." Baldwin was among the many poets who visited with public radio host Henry Lyman on Poems to a Listener.

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris re-opens to the public this weekend -- five years after a fire gutted much of it. An exhibit traveling the world introduces visitors to the cathedral's history.

Neil McCalmont, 8, knows more about U.S. presidential history than most American adults. Hoping to boost awareness about America's past -- and maybe get rich, too -- he's created a trivia board game difficult enough to stump at least one acclaimed presidential historian.

NPR's Michel Martin discusses what the war in Afghanistan will mean in U.S. history with historian Kathleen Belew, retired U.S. Navy commander Ted Johnson and military judge Col. Gary Solis.

Long before the Jackson Purchase, in about 1000 C.E, back when the Vikings were the only Europeans to come to this continent, Native American…

In 1890, a young woman fell in love. Her father didn't approve of the man so they wrote letters and left them in a knothole in the oak. The BBC reports the tree is responsible for dozens of marriages.

Black History Month grew from a weeklong celebration that started nearly 100 years ago — and it's not random that it's in February.

How is a decades-old academic concept leading to new legislation across the nation?