The Deep South has a history of racial animosity, but what happened when somebody tried to unite whites and blacks? Well, in the Great Depression
Frederick Douglass was born a slave, but his life was to later move into a different world. He became an important figure in the US
Racial tensions have sadly been all too common in the United States over the years. Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and elsewhere are but the
Gin arrived in Britain in the late 17th century following the arrival of a new monarch from the Netherlands, King William III. Here, Janet Ford
When faced against the American rebels, France and other European Powers, how did Britain gain the upper hand in the American Revolution? Join us for
In an unstable world, how do you know who your friends and enemies are? You don’t. The Cold War was international affairs for the second
Just how did the United States of America gain its independence? It’s a story familiar to some of us, and George Levrier-Jones is going to
The End of the Cold War, the final episode in itshistorypodcasts.com’s Cold War series, is out now.. The episode looks at what happened as a
We’ve just found out about an intriguing book that tells tales of bad days in history. In fact it has one bad tale for every
Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a wave of tributes and memorials commemorated him around the world. One such memorial was the naming of