“People are complicated” is a truism that holds in the past and the present. Seldom do we find a person where all of their actions and...
History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. It also allows us to look back and see how far we’ve come as people and...
How did Indigenous people adapt and survive the onslaught of Indigenous warfare, European diseases, and population loss between the...
Before the American Revolution became a war and a fight for independence, the Revolution was a movement and protest for more local control...
There are a lot of books about Benjamin Franklin. They tell us about his youth and accomplishments in business, politics, and diplomacy...
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of African and African American music to the United States’ musical traditions. Steven Lewis, a...
How did everyday Americans in the early United States use and enjoy music? How did they create and circulate new songs and musical lyrics...
Our study of music in Early America continues with this third episode in our five-episode series. Our last two episodes (Episode 343 and...
The War of 1812 is an under-known conflict in United States history. It’s not a war that many Americans think about or dwell upon. And it...
Between May 25 and September 17, 1787, delegates from each of the United States’ thirteen states assembled in Philadelphia for an event we...