This Week In American History: February 12th - February 18th
February 12 1909 A group that included African American leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells-Barnett announced the formation of a new
This Week In American History: February 5th - February 11th
February 5 1631 Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island and an important American religious leader, arrived in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
This Week In American History: January 29th - February 4th
January 29 1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven,” beginning “Once upon a midnight dreary,” was published in the New York Evening Mirror. Equally
This Week In American History: January 22nd - January 28th
January 22 1968 "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin released her twelfth studio album, Lady Soul. The masterpiece includes some of her biggest hit singles: