HISTORYRights & Freedoms How Tuskegee Airmen Fought Military Segregation With Nonviolent Action history.com - Farrell Evans Their coordinated efforts to integrate a white officers' club set an example that wasn't lost on leaders of the burgeoning civil rights movement. The …
HISTORYU.S. National Guard The US National Guard's 400-Year History history.com - Lesley Kennedy The reserve force of men and women traces its roots to Colonial America. Founded in 1636 as a citizen force, the U.S. National Guard is a “ready” …
HISTORYFranklin D. Roosevelt Why FDR's Fourth Inauguration Lasted Only 15 Minutes history.com - Christopher Klein Security fears and austerity forced a scaled-down inauguration as the nation entered its fourth year of fighting in World War II. As security fears …
HISTORYMartin Luther King Jr. 7 Things You May Not Know About MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech history.com - Sarah Pruitt Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech ranks among the most famous in history, but there are a few lesser-known facts about the 1963 …
HISTORYWar Why the Candy Bar Market Exploded After World War I history.com - Jessica Pearce Rotondi By the end of the 1920s, more than 40,000 different candy bars were being made in the U.S. Candy bars may seem quintessentially American, but they …
