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Playwright Tom Minter helps Kyla-Michelle Petty stage her Malcolm X monologue. Minter counsels the students in writing and performing their two sets of monologues

At The Portrait Gallery, Students Tell The Stories That Pictures Can't

10:02am August 05, 2016

by Gabriel Rosenberg

Washington, D.C., teens get into the spirit of historical figures and tell visitors what the portraits miss. In one instance, a student imagines a private talk between Richard Nixon and his wife.

Those who were helped by Portugal's consul general, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, during World War II assemble outside the former Portuguese consulate in Bordeaux. Sousa Mendes issued 10,000 visas to Jews including Stephen Rozenfeld (center front, in blue),

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'Portugal's Schindler' Is Remembered, Decades After His Lifesaving Deeds

12:11pm August 04, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

Descendants of Jews who escaped Nazi-occupied France recently gathered to honor Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who issued some 30,000 visas to Jews and others before he was recalled.

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Circa 1900: Men in formal evening attire dine at the Montauk Club in New York.

QUIZ: What Were Restaurants Like 100 Years Ago?

4:39pm August 03, 2016

by Natalie Jacewicz

Restaurants are such staples of culinary culture that we tend to take their modern-day traits for granted. But they went through a lot of changes to become the delicious destinations we know today.

(Top left) A loaf of bread that Daniel's family ate for their meals while they lived in the ghetto. (Top right) Aiden reads one of Daniel's diary entries. Twin sisters Nicolette and Victoria Dejour, 6, look through a window displaying scenes of Germany wi

At These Museums, Tragedy Is A History Lesson

7:00am August 03, 2016

by Kendra Yoshinaga

How do you explain the toughest parts of history to children? We asked leaders from memorial museums around the U.S. to help us understand the best way to do so.

Quiosque de Refresco do Largo da Sé, in Alfama, Lisbon. More than a century and a half ago, these ornate little kiosks began cropping up in the city's parks and plazas, becoming the heart of public life. But they fell into disrepair and all but disappear

History, Horchata And Hope: How Classic Kiosks Are Boosting Lisbon's Public Life

10:58am August 01, 2016

by The Kitchen Sisters

Ornate refreshment kiosks were once the heart of Lisbon's parks and plazas. They faded away under a dictatorship that discouraged public gatherings. Now they're back to help revitalize the city.

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'Picturing Children' Documents African-American Childhoods

5:01pm July 30, 2016

The National Museum of African American History and Culture's founding director Lonnie Bunch talks about a new book that features photos from the museum's collection. The museum opens in September.

Fish are removed from the New York Aquarium in 1941, which is to be demolished as part of the construction work and improvement for the Battery-Brooklyn Tunnel in New York City.

#NPRreads: These 3 Stories Are A Real Catch

4:00pm July 30, 2016

Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have selected Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side to build President Barack Obama's presidential library near the University of Chicago, where Obama once taught constitutional law.

It's Official: Obama's Presidential Library Will Be In Chicago's Jackson Park

11:08am July 30, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

"For the first time, a presidential center will be in the heart of an urban community," the Obama Foundation says, adding that the area was chosen because of its potential long-term impact.

Author Walter Mosley with his father, Leroy Mosley.

'Easy' Writer: Walter Mosley's Passion For Bringing Black LA Stories To Life

4:50pm July 29, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

In Charcoal Joe, Mosley brings his iconic private eye Easy Rawlins into the haze of the late '60s, extending a literary odyssey through the transformation of black Los Angeles.

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Pope Francis walks through the entrance to the site Auschwitz concentration camp in what was Nazi-occupied Poland.

'Forgive Us For So Much Cruelty': Pope Francis Visits Site Of Auschwitz Death Camp

11:56am July 29, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Pope Francis spent his time at the former Nazi concentration camp in near-total silence to honor the more than 1 million people who were systematically killed there.