Overview :A colorful and controversial statesman who served in the United States Senate for a half-century, Strom Thurmond did not retire from office ... Read More
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Overview :On July 20, 1969, as a worldwide television audience of 500 million watched, Neil Armstrong became the first man to step foot on the Moon. N... Read More
Overview :His admirers call him a military genius, while his detractors label him a cold-blooded killer. Regardless of the characterization, Nathan Be... Read More
Overview :This a biography of rock and roll pioneer, Buddy Holly, who died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. In his 18 month professional career, ... Read More
Overview :Since 1897, when Grover Cleveland left office after his second term as President of the United States, eight other Democrats have been elect... Read More
Overview :On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, just five days after the end of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a bitter Confed... Read More
Overview :In October of 2000, the Federalist Society and The Wall Street Journal asked 132 professors of history, political science, and law to rank p... Read More
Overview :Few people outside of South Carolina are familiar with the name of, much less the role, James F. Byrnes played in shaping 20th century Ameri... Read More
Overview :This is a story about cops and robbers, set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, a desperate time for many, when the boundaries bet... Read More
Overview :Museums, libraries, and cultural institutions provide opportunities for people to understand and celebrate who they are, were, and might be.... Read More
Overview :"The 25-Day Vice-President: Alabama's William Rufus de Vane King" documents the life and times of an often overlooked 19th Century statesman... Read More
Overview :The tumultuous decade of the 1960s began with promise and hope, when John F. Kennedy became the youngest elected President of the United Sta... Read More
Overview :"A Pea River Progeny: Alabama's Colorful and Controversial Governor James E. "Big Jim" Folsom chronicles the life of a 20th century Deep Sou... Read More
Overview :To date, only four American Presidents have been murdered--Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. Were it n... Read More