New episode of IT WAS SAID! As a delegate to the UN, Eleanor Roosevelt became perhaps the... 
On December 8, 1941, FDR asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan following the Pearl... 
This week on #ItWasSaid, Jon Meacham looks at Frederick Douglass’ “What to a Slave is the Fourth of... 
In the midst of McCarthyism, Margaret Chase Smith broke with partisan orthodoxy and spoke out... 
As the children of Vincent and Margaret Sherry grieved the murder of their parents, missteps in the... 
On the 40th anniversary of D-Day, Ronald Reagan, standing at Pointe du Hoc, spoke to the American... 
Gone South is the story of a crime as well as a city. While most of Mississippi is religious and... 
The Dixie Mafia terrorized the South. When their alleged leader, Kirksey Nix, was sentenced to... 
In April 1964, Nelson Mandela stood trial for challenging apartheid. He defiantly declared he was...