As one of the toughest boxers who ever lived and the first black heavyweight champion, Johnson stirred up controversy.
When Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in a 1938 rematch, the nation celebrated — and one of the biggest parties was in Harlem.
Boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling were connected to some very well-known people.
Meet some of America's storied boxers from the 1920s and 1930s.
Dr. King's assassination shocked the country and triggered the largest, costliest, and most ambitious manhunt in American history.
Hampton Sides discusses writing the book Hellhound on His Trail, a dramatic account of the search for James Earl Ray after he assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King.Â
The search for James Earl Ray lasted more than two months and spanned five countries. Explore the images that tell the story.
The murder, the manhunt, and the decades-long investigation — a timeline of events related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Read some of Theodore Roosevelt's letters to his children.
Chief Justice Earl Warren delivers the Supreme Court's landmark decision abolishing "separate but equal" schools in public education.
Jesse Owens' victories at the 1936 Berlin Olympics were an affront to Nazi beliefs.
After victories at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens returned home to a segregated America.
