History

In the world of animal rights, one activist compares it to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The original plan called for phasing out elephants’ role in the circus by 2018.

On May 1, 1866, Memphis was home to a massacre that killed 46 African-Americans and injured many others. Now a historical marker shows an ongoing rift between white historians and black activists.

Berrigan became emblematic of the opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He served time in jail for an audacious act of civil disobedience.

Solar Impulse 2 flew for three days from Hawaii to Calif., after a nine month delay for repairs. The team is aiming to complete a round-the-world journey using only the sun’s power.

An international team of explorers returned recently from a grueling 700-mile dogsled journey from the Arctic Ocean to Eagle, Alaska. They were the first to retrace the route that legendary explorer Roald Amundsen took in 1905 after his historic transit of the Northwest Passage.

Harriet Brouillette’s family history is wrought with identity struggles. In a StoryCorps interview from the Haines and Juneau Public Libraries, Brouillette told her son, Ted Hart, about her and her family’s experiences growing up Tlingit.