Neighbors considered it a swamp but Marjory Stoneman Douglas saved the Everglades and inspired a generation.
Read MoreLike the old folks who spoke it, Yiddish was dying out. Then Aaron Lanky rented a truck and. . . Mazel tov!
Read More"Do they know about Martin Luther King?" Robert Kennedy asked as he stepped before the crowd.
Read MoreFDR was lukewarm on Labor until Frances Perkins masterminded Social Security, minimum wage, workmen’s comp. . . You’re welcome!
Read MoreWhen Jim Crow whitened American newspapers, the Chicago Defender spread news about “the Race.”
Read MoreFrom behind bars, King wrote an amazing letter with all the power of his dream.
Read MoreWhen voting rights hinged on Selma, LBJ stunned the nation with a single phrase.
Read MoreGertrude Ederle not only swam the English Channel. She swam it faster than anyone — man or woman. America was in love.
Read MoreHumpbacks had been singing since forever but no one heard until Roger Payne — and Judy Collins — made the world listen.
Read MoreLegends of the Old West were hard, tough men. But then there was Annie Oakley.
Read MoreJULY 4, 1910
When Jack Johnson fought Jim Jeffries on the Fourth, white supremacy took a stunning blow.
Read MoreWhen the “bad break” ended his career — and soon his life — he stepped up to the plate and showed true class. (As seen in “The Pride of the Yankees.”)
Read MoreGALLUP, NEW MEXICO — Face-to-face with honor and a Navajo tradition of silence.
Read MoreTrack and field, golf, baseball, basketball. . . Was there anything Babe Didrikson didn’t play? Yes, she said. Dolls.
Read MoreIn 1837, when mob violence raged, a young lawyer rose to defend the rule of law. He spoke not to his time but for all time.
Read MoreWhen she proposed cooperation as the source of evolution, her research was called “crap.” But science soon proved Lynn Margulis’ radical theory.
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