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As part of the Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964, civil rights groups ran summer schools to educate Black children. We hear from six former students who look back on their experiences.
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A Dutch national bank gets swindled out of a fortune by one of its bankers. It wasn’t a crime of greed but an act of resistance. This historic case is documented in a book that has just been translated into English. Our book critic Joan Baum read it and has this review.
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A new documentary reveals widespread Jewish resistance to the Holocaust.
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The National Portrait Gallery has acquired an image of Dolley Madison that's believed to be the first photograph of a first lady.
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"Who could have colonized a great country like America?" That's what this Ghanaian thought when his American wife told him it was Independence Day.
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Water was just about the only way to transport food, supplies and information that was vital to the American Revolution.
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One group was tasked with studying the Quartering Act of 1765. Their podcast was one of nearly 2,000 submitted to NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge.
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Connecticut was nicknamed the "Provisions State" for its contributions to the war effort. Elizabeth Kaeser of the Connecticut River Museum says that is reason to celebrate this Independence Day.
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Archaeologists unearthed 35 bottles of cherries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 250-year-old fruits, many still intact, can shed new light on those who lived and worked there.
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Archivists at the University of Houston have saved decades-worth of episodes of local LGBT radio shows that started in the 1970s. Together they tell the story of a complex, diverse community.