Explore the tense moments, miscommunications, and political power plays that nearly brought the world to disaster during The Cold War (1947-1991). Instead of fighting each other directly, the U.S. and the Soviet Union often supported opposing sides in conflicts around the world. The Cold War extended into space exploration, with both superpowers competing to achieve […]

A look at Reconstruction following the American Civil War and its effects on our country, felt immediately and today. Examine life in the post-war South, Jim Crow laws, the mythology of the Lost Cause and its reflection in the popular films The Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind. The portrayal of African […]