American history

American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin: the quiet force behind the March on Washington

Actor Lily Gladstone (left) plays Mollie Burkhart

The real history behind Killers of the Flower Moon: author explains true story of Osage Nation

Toy Story, starring cowboy Woody

10 milestones in Disney’s 100-year history

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Steamboat Willie, a mouse at the wheel

Cartoon century: a history of 100 years of Disney . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What was the March on Washington?

Martin Luther King speaks in front of microphones, during the March on Washtington

“I Have A Dream”: the speech that America couldn’t ignore

A modern painting of the battle of Long Island

What if… the Continental Army had not escaped after the battle of Long Island?

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Is Oppenheimer guilty of perpetuating a historical myth?

Oppenheimer Is Nolan perpetuating a historical myth? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1943 photograph of USS Indianapolis. Built in New Jersey, the Portland-class heavy cruiser was launched in 1931 (Photo by US Navy/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Second World War

Into the jaws of hell: the WW2 sinking of USS Indianapolis

J Robert Oppenheimer (left), and Cillian Murphy

Oppenheimer: the real history of the ‘father of the atomic bomb’

The city of Hiroshima, Japan, a few days after the first atom bomb is dropped in August 1945. This clearly demonstrated the apocalyptic potential of the new weapon (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Second World War

The Manhattan Project: your guide to the building of the first atomic bomb

Juneteenth celebrations, also known as Emancipation Day, in Texas, 1900

Juneteenth What is it, historians on its relevance, and 9 articles you should read

A uniformed US soldier plants American flags at gravesites on Memorial Day

Memorial Day A brief history

A family walks through San Francisco’s Chinatown district in 1904. Chinese culture endured in the US in spite of the Chinese Exclusion Act (Photo by Arnold Genthe/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

The Chinese Exclusion Act: your guide to the 19th-century US anti-immigration laws

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David Ingram: the Tudor sailor who hiked across pre-colonial America