John Curatola of the Military History Department at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the milita...

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, making a brief suborbital mission that marked the first manned launch of Project M...

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican victory over the French invaders at the Battle of Puebla in1862. Now one of the most popula...

Historian David Goldfield discusses his vivid narrative history of the Civil War, America Aflame, which off...

Selected clips from Freedom Riders — a new documentary describing the experiences of 400 black and white Americans that rode...

Author Gregory Wolk discusses his new book,...

Organized crime formed part of the political, economic, and social fabric of Kansas City for much of the 20th century; and the mob’s power was never g...

Mark Gerges of the Military History Department at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the influenc...

Greg Hurd introduces his documentary, From Separate to Equal: The Creation of Truman Medical Centers, a collaboration wit...

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, ending an excruciating period of uncert...