History

National

Pandemic Interferes With Reenactment Of 1965's Bloody Sunday March

7:21am March 08, 2021

by Kyle Gassiott

In Selma, Ala., the reenactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scaled down because of COVID-19. It was also the first without civil rights icon John Lewis who died last year.

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Health & Safety

Archivists At New York's Queens College Tell Our Pandemic Story Through Artifacts

8:33am March 07, 2021

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Annie Tummino, head of Special Collections and Archives at Queens College, about the Archive's COVID-19 Collection.

Then 2nd Lt. Emil Kapaun, U.S. Army chaplain, circa 1943.

National

Army Chaplain's Remains Identified After 70 years

9:12pm March 06, 2021

by Catherine Whelan

The remains of Emil Kapaun, the Catholic priest and Korean War prisoner of war, have been identified, the Pentagon said Friday. Kapaun was given the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2013.

Books

Author Explores Preacher Father's Silence On Racial Injustice In 1960s Alabama

5:17pm March 06, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist John Archibald about his book, Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution.

The late Rep. John Lewis stands on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 2015, where he was beaten by police on "Bloody Sunday."

National

For The First Time In 56 Years, A 'Bloody Sunday' Without John Lewis

5:27pm March 05, 2021

Sunday's anniversary of the day marchers were beaten by police in Selma, Ala., will honor the late civil rights icon. Some 56 years later, former state Sen. Hank Sanders says his work isn't done.

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Welsh Utility Workers Discover Medieval Tunnel

7:23am March 05, 2021

The workers were excavating a trench when they made their discovery. Now, archeologists have taken over to research the tunnel.

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WWII Veteran Receives Long Overdue Purple Heart Medal

5:04am March 05, 2021

by Jay Prince

For aging WWII veterans, there's not much time left for the nation to fix oversights in their service records, like missing medals. One recent case made it in under the wire... despite the pandemic.

The Bray School building in its original location on Prince George Street in Williamsburg, Va., seen around 1928.

Discovery Of Schoolhouse For Black Children Now Offers A History Lesson

6:17pm March 03, 2021

Researchers say they have identified the oldest existing structure in the U.S. dedicated to the teaching Black children. It's a small, white building on the College of William & Mary's campus.

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Colonial Schoolhouse Discovery Is An Opportunity For U.S. Racial History Lesson

4:35pm March 03, 2021

The Williamsburg Bray School was an 18th-century, pro-slavery school for educating enslaved and free Black students. A new partnership is calling to educate the public about this history.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci holds his personal 3D-printed model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion during the "Great Americans Awards Program."

Fauci Donates Personal Coronavirus Model To Smithsonian

4:51am March 03, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The face of the U.S. government's pandemic response donated his personal model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion to the Smithsonian Institution for a future exhibit.