History

Dorothy Canter has spent nearly a decade pushing for a national park honoring Julius Rosenwald and the schools he built for Black children across the segregated South. Here's where the campaign stands.

Documentarian Ken Burns visited Crystal Bridges Museum as part of its Building Bridges lecture series, discussing his new PBS series on the American Revolution's violence, myths and democracy.

Documentarian Ken Burns joined Crystal Bridges' Building Bridges lecture series Friday, discussing his six-part PBS series on the Revolution and the mythology surrounding George Washington.

Author Craig Fehrman spent five years and read more than a million words of expedition journals to write "This Vast Enterprise," a new history of Lewis and Clark told through multiple perspectives.

Crystal Bridges Museum opens America 250: Common Threads, weaving quilts, civic art and 250 years of U.S. history. Free family event Saturday, March 14.

Jon Johnson and Leigh Hopkins will teach an Honors College seminar this fall exploring how the deep history of countries like China, Japan and Germany shapes the way they do business today.

The National Cold War Center in Blytheville, Ark., aims to open by 2030. Executive Director Christian Ostermann says the $75 million museum will explore the global, national and local history of the Cold War.

ESPN writer Wright Thompson discusses his book "The Barn" of a murder in Mississippi ahead of his appearance at the Six Bridges Book Festival in Little Rock.

Scholars from around the country and beyond are in Fayetteville for the annual conference of the Celtic Studies Association of North America. For three days, there were discussions about the Celtic language, literature, history and society.

Pete talks with square dance caller Steve Green about Roots of American Square Dance, an educational multimedia event at the Pryor Center featuring live music from renowned string band The Old 78s.