The untold story of the Wide Awakes, the young Americans who took up the torch for their antislavery cause and stirred the nation
Untold Stories of American History
Between the 1920s and 1940s, wealthy young women signed up to run errands and carry messages for the Frontier Nursing Service, whose nurse-midwives provided care to patients in hard-to-reach areas
A lifelong passion for the national pastime led John Thorn to redefine the sport's relationship with statistics and reveal the truth behind its earliest days
The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is shocking—but not unprecedented
A new film dramatizes Shirley Chisholm's history-making bid to become the first Black woman president in 1972
Meet James Swanson, the lifelong Abraham Lincoln obsessive who wrote the nonfiction thriller that inspired the acclaimed miniseries
Untold Stories of American History
Many of these selective clubs peaked in popularity in the 18th and 19th centuries
The inaugural exhibition at the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum seeks to shine light on lesser-known historical figures
Mildred and Patty Hill wrote the popular song's melody, but their contributions to American culture have long been overlooked
Newspapers and magazines across the United States published weekly columns debunking lurid claims that were detrimental to the war effort
The town’s historic hotel magnifies its mastery of the macabre with a chilling new attraction
Mario Van Peebles' "Outlaw Posse" is the latest attempt to correct the erasure of people of color from the classic cinema genre
In 1990, scholars found a Sierra Leonean woman who remembered a nearly identical version of a tune passed down by a Georgia woman’s enslaved ancestors
Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries
To mark the February heritage month, these images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest offer proof that African American history is timeless
Mary Cardwell Dawson created unprecedented opportunities for aspiring Black musicians
Two historians tell us why the pioneering 19th-century feminist, suffragist and abolitionist’s legacy has so frequently been misrepresented
Untold Stories of American History
Denied burial alongside Union soldiers killed during the Battle of Gettysburg, the 30 or so men were instead buried in the all-Black Lincoln Cemetery
Historian Camilla Townsend separates fact from fiction in the life of the Powhatan "princess"
Untold Stories of American History
Charles Lewis Tiffany purchased the surplus cable from the 1858 venture, turning it into souvenirs that forever linked his name to the short-lived telecommunications milestone
The story behind the glitzy stretch of highway that became the destination for America’s most sublime—and most sordid—aspirations
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