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The Secret Nixon Library

SMU Graduate Shares Never Published Photos of March 25, 1965 Selma-To-Montgomery March

Study Reveals Genetic Path of Modern Britons

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The Secret Nixon Library by Anthony Clark Until Watergate stopped him, Nixon planned to build his presidential library on federal land confiscated from Camp Pendleton. This would have been illegal, but Nixon figured out a way around the law, complete with a cover-up.

Museums Mad for Mad Men by Bruce Chadwick It seems like everybody wants to honor the Mad Men show this spring. Museums, especially, are just mad for Mad Men.

Wasteland: A Chinese Village that’s Undergoing Rapid Change by Michael Meyer Saying goodbye to the old China of family farms.

So You Think You Know Ike? William Ewald Did by Yanek Mieczkowski Here's what it was like working for the five-star general and president.

Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot – Once Again by Bruce Chadwick It is good. It is funny. It is elementary.

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SMU Graduate Shares Never Published Photos of March 25, 1965 Selma-To-Montgomery March When Southern Methodist University student Loy Williams hurriedly packed his bag before climbing aboard a bus bound to join civil rights protesters in Montgomery, Ala., he grabbed his Argus C3 camera.

Bob Jones III Apologizes for 35-Year-Old Call to Kill Gays In 1980 he said: "I guarantee it would solve the problem post-haste if homosexuals were stoned, if murderers were immediately killed as the Bible commands."

After 500 years, Richard III finally gets a king's burial Richard III was finally getting the ceremony and honor a king deserves, 530 years after his ignominious death in battle.

South Carolina War Plaques Are 'Glorifying Segregation,' Mayor Says The mayor wants a racist plaque taken down, but state law won't let him. It segregates black veterans who served and died in world wars 1 & 2.

Reaching Into the Past, the Police Dust Off a Photographic Trove to Rival Weegee’s The National Endowment for the Humanities announced a $125,000 grant it has awarded to the Department of Records and Information for the digitization of 30,000 of the pictures.

Monday Was OK Day Monday was the anniversary of the birth of the expression OK, 176 years ago, on the second page of the Boston Morning Post for Saturday, March 23, 1839.

With One New App, The Entire World's Oral History Is About To Go Viral For the past decade, StoryCorps has put 65,000 people through their mobile or temporary studios to be interviewed for 40 minutes. The largest body of recorded voices ever.

Destruction of Iraq Artifacts Shocks Archaeologists The Mosul Museum is the latest target of the group’s campaign of terror and destruction, and is of grave concern to archaeologists around the world.

Study Reveals Genetic Path of Modern Britons Researchers found that the modern British population falls into 17 clusters that are all very similar but genetically distinguishable.

Second World War heroes ‘had most sex appeal’ Women are more attracted to war heroes than regular soldiers or men who display heroic traits in other lines of work, a study of Second World War veterans has revealed

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Historian says we should rename Russell senate office building in honor of Ted Kennedy "This extraordinarily important building is named for one whose historical legacy is unworthy of such an honor: the late senator Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.). "

Jewish Art Historian Takes the Reins at Met Museum Dr. Daniel Weiss, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new president, is an MBA-toting medieval art historian who links his relentless curiosity and academic passions to his Jewish background.

March is National Women’s History Month The 2015 (NWHM) Honorees were chosen for their pioneering leadership and accomplishments in researching and sharing the details of women's lives.

Library of Congress celebrating women's history on Pinterest March is designated as Women’s History Month and this year the National Women’s History Project has selected “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” as the theme.

Joel Klein vs. Jonathan Zimmerman (in defense of Diane Ravitch) Joel Klein, the former leader of the NYC school system, defends his record from attacks after historian Jonathan Zimmerman reviews Klein's new book.

Historian Joan Beaumont says the Anzac legend needs to change “There is some evidence that certain immigrant groups, particularly those that come from countries which are war zones, have difficulty engaging with the Anzac legend.”

Harvard’s Drew Faust says colleges have a “special” role to play in combatting climate change They are pushing hard toward breakthrough remedies, Faust says in speech at Beijing

U.S. naval historian's grandson pleads guilty to stealing records Former Navy intelligence analyst Samuel L. Morison, who received a presidential pardon in 2001 after being convicted of passing secret ship photos to a British publication, pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing records related to his naval historian grandfather.

A free history textbook published online? An interview with editors of "The American Yawp."

The historian of science as activist: Why she upsets liberals Alice Dreger is a feminist atheist who writes frankly about sex and science. She drew barbs when she adopted a controversial theory about transsexuals.