Historian Ernest Freeberg of the University of Tennessee talks about his book, "The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America."
An Aspen Institute program talks about another president who led during a time of national crisis — Abraham Lincoln. Two historians discuss the leadership lessons we could learn from President Lincoln.
U.S. soldiers liberated the Nordhausen concentration camp in Nazi Germany 75 years ago this month. Sol Gringlas' family usually joins the 100-year-old on the day. The pandemic has changed that.
Miami University professor Steve Conn gives some historical perspective about the role of government at the Minnesota Historical Society’s History Forum.
This is the first of a new two-part documentary from the Humankind series, "Libraries Reimagined." It's about the ways libraries are evolving, and the role they play in educating, informing and entertaining people as well as protecting our democracy.
Organizers were planning to bring 10,000 people together on the streets of downtown Duluth on June 15 — at the site where three black men were lynched by a mob of thousands of people 100 years earlier. Now the day of remembrance will take place in 2021.