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To mark the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we listen to some of the voices of the time, especially President Lyndon Johnson.
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Journalist Christopher Dickey has written a new book that looks at slavery through the eyes of a British agent in Charleston, S.C.
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NPR Researcher Barbara Van Woerkom used documents and public databases to find 1,200 vets who participated in World War II secret chemical experiments. The Department of Veterans Affairs found 610.
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Wal-Mart, eBay, Amazon and others have promised to pull merchandise tied to the flag.
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The Battle of Waterloo brought down Napoleon Bonaparte for good, but 200 years later, historians disagree about his legacy.
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The ship was lost while carrying 400 slaves from Mozambique to Brazil in 1794. It's the first discovery of a wreck that sank while carrying slaves. Artifacts will be displayed at the Smithsonian.
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A group of historians say the Midwest's rich landscape and cultural diversity are too often left out of elementary school classrooms.
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Kountry Kitchen owner Isaac Wilson was there when Robert F. Kennedy announce that Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot and killed.
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Dave Isay, founder and president of StoryCorps, and the 2015 winner of the TED Prize, reveals the audacious wish he and the organization will use the $1 million award to realize.
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Joshua Landis and Suzette Grillot discuss what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in Washington this week says about a possible shift in…