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The First Kansas Colored
Author: Glenn L. Carle
They were the first black men to fight in the Civil War. They were the first to serve alongside whites. And they were the first to die.
The Diamond Jubilee Of Jazz
Author: John McDonough
Seventy-five years ago this month, a not especially good band cut a record that transformed our culture
What Should We Teach Our Children About American History?
Author: Fredric Smoler
The fiercest struggle going on in education is about who owns the past. Militant multi-culturalists say that traditional history teaching has brushed out minority ethnic identities. Their opponents say that radical multiculturalism leads toward national fragmentation.
America And Russia, Americans And Russians
Author: John Lukacs
The Cold War was an anomaly: more often than not the world’s two greatest states have lived together in uneasy amity. And what now?
Groping Toward Democracy
Author: Harrison E. Salisbury
The Russians claim they want to be more like us— but do they have any idea who we are?