American History Week

The arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618), in Virginia, leading to the settlement established on Roanoke Island under John White (c.1540-93 (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke Island?

Four black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, hold the first sit-in (Corbis.)

Timeline: the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s

President Abraham Lincoln visiting soldiers encamped at the Civil War battlefield of Antietam in Maryland, 1 October 1862. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The American Civil War: 7 facts and fictions

A US soldier teaching two junior 'rookie' recruits how to clean a gun during the First World War

First World War

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about America’s entry and involvement in the First World War

A badge featuring American civil rights activist Martin Luther King

The global legacy of Martin Luther King

Jesse James is one of America’s most notorious outlaw heroes. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Jesse James: Three Films

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Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton: the man behind the hit musical

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From candy to diapers: the purity of American English

President Nixon. (Getty Images)

The 5 most notorious presidents in US history

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1776: the year of American independence

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10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the American War of Independence

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First World War

America’s ‘Mrs Holmes’: how one woman took on the cases the NYPD couldn’t solve

An example of the Zimmermann Telegram

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The telegram that brought America into the First World War

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Roots: a necessary portrayal of transatlantic slavery?