Stuff You Missed in History Class

Once Manning became a professional dancer and choreographer, his work took him all over the world. After WWII derailed his swing dancing, he had a [Read more]

Frankie Manning grew up loving dance, learning and practicing in ballrooms and private parties in New York. His innovations in creating new moves for the [Read more]

David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, talks about his research and discoveries about the Wright brothers, their extreme determination, their family, and the [Read more]

Until the 1830s, the dominant industry on St. Kitts was sugar, and the majority of the people living there were enslaved Africans who kept that [Read more]

The famed Battle of the Alamo was toward the end of the Texas Revolution – a sort of pivot just before the last battle. But [Read more]

The eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt was a firebrand who never shied away from the public eye. She was nicknamed “the Second Washington Monument” because [Read more]

Louisa was not the only notable Alcott. Her father, Bronson Alcott, made a name for himself as a philosopher and a teacher. And her youngest [Read more]

Once you examine Louisa May Alcott’s life story, the inspirations for her writing become clear. But while she had some things in common with her [Read more]

In the late 1800s, seven sisters with musical talent and incredibly long hair made waves in the circus and on the stage. They made millions [Read more]

It was half performance for the British troops, and half actual sham, and it led to an attack on Dover by the Pennacook tribe in [Read more]