Stuff You Missed in History Class

This was one of the worst disasters in Texas history, the worst school disaster in U.S. history, and it was a horrific tragedy that stemmed [Read more]

The practice of the monarch laying on hands to cure sick people lasted from the medieval period all the way to the 18th century in [Read more]

Holly interviews Michael Bornstein and his daughter Debbie Bornstein Holinstat about their book “Survivors Club.” The book chronicles the story of Michael’s family during the [Read more]

For a very short time between Edward VI and Mary I, Lady Jane was, at least nominally, Queen of England and Ireland, but whether she [Read more]

From his start as an apprentice to a nurseryman in London, John Kidwell would go on to catalyze the establishment of Hawaii’s pineapple industry. His [Read more]

Dr. Gates joins Holly to talk about history’s impact on our future, Black History Month, and his upcoming PBS series “Africa’s Great Civilizations.” Learn more [Read more]

Maroons are Africans and people of African ancestry who escaped enslavement and established communities in the Caribbean and parts of the Americas. In the 17th [Read more]

Rabbi Jacob Rothschild was a vocal activist who spoke out for civil rights despite the danger in doing so. White supremacists bombed The Temple in [Read more]

After Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, people were incarcerated in inadequate and dehumanizing camps. Even once the detention program ended, [Read more]

Roughly 122,000 Japanese immigrants and American citizens of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes on the West Coast and incarcerated for much of the [Read more]