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Move over, Columbus. A host of other intrepid explorers lay claim to your mantle. Humans have been a clever, restless lot ever since our earliest known ancestors roamed the grasslands and forests of prehistoric Africa. Pioneering sorts left the cradle of humankind roughly 60,000 years ago and began to populate the rest of the planet. …
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FDR’s Steady Diet of DepressionIn the fight to restore America to prosperity, food became a weapon FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was partial to fine foods expertly prepared. He enjoyed filet mignon, lobster, oy… Read MorePlucking Out Jim Crow in the Nation’s CapitalIn 1950, a Washington, DC, restaurant turns away an elderly woman because she is black. The court case she sparks lays the framework for the end of segregation. In Just Another Sou… Read MoreThis Terrible Truth: The Defense of StalingradVasily Grossman (1905–1964), chronicler of the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945, correspondent for Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star), the Soviet army newspaper, was one of the finest repor… Read MoreA Clumsy War, A Lasting Peace: The Treaty of GhentThe Treaty of Ghent, skillfully negotiated in 1814 by John Quincy Adams (center), ended the War of 1812 with Britain, preserved American rights and territories, and opened the West… Read MoreEscape from Harpers FerryOsborne Anderson and the aftermath of John Brown's insurrection
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