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HISTORY Honors 250
Missy Sullivan, special projects editor at HISTORY.com, is an award-winning journalist and editor who previously held editorial positions at The Wall Street Journal, SmartMoney magazine and Forbes.
The six-time MLB All-Star and Hall of Famer wasn't just a pioneering athlete. His effort—and sacrifice—launched a cascade of civil rights advances.
Its title—'The Negro'—seemed innocuous enough. But the revolutionary civil rights leader intended it to invoke a much harsher meaning.
Historic images of Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood district reveal how the 1921 mob attack devastated the nation's Black cultural and economic mecca.
From Raggedy Ann to Barbie to Cabbage Patch Kids, these mass-produced playthings have delighted millions of children worldwide.
UFO reports in the capital's air space set headlines blaring across the nation about 'disks' and 'whatzits' and mysterious lights.
Seventy years after Americans liberated Dachau, Joshua Kaufman and Daniel Gillespie reconnect.
At the CIA, tools of the espionage trade have ranged from to clothing cameras to dragonfly drones.
They weren't all battles and bloodshed. There was also coexistence, political compromise, trade, scientific exchange—even love.
Car chases. Drag races. Spy maneuvers and more. The film world has long had a love affair with its four-wheeled stars.
For the first few years, they originally sold for less than a buck.
Three stunts. One night. Two legends. And an old-school motorcycle.
Cars, buses and fountains—oh my!
Trailblazing champion motocross athlete Vicki Golden will go after a fiery world record.
At HISTORY's 'Evel Live 2,' the motocross athlete rammed through 13 flaming boards.
'Walk' among the terra cotta warriors. Tour Anne Frank's secret annex. Read letters to FDR. And more.