After the war, hundreds of thousands of US warplanes remained—but the military needed only a fraction of them.

Prior to World War II, there was a thriving American wristwatch industry, but it became a casualty of the war. 

Penned by philosopher Bertrand Russell and endorsed by Albert Einstein, the document warned human beings about the existential threat posed by the new hydrogen bomb.

Wilma Betty Gray's WAC journey began when she boarded a train, destination unknown. Her assignment was Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for the Manhattan Project.

While most people are familiar with the names of “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” as the atomic weapons used over Japan, what they may not be familiar with was how different the respective technologies of each bomb were and why this difference mattered. 

In 1936, strikes and protests achieved major gains for American workers and set the stage for organized labor’s contribution to the struggle against fascism in World War II.

As World War II approached, schizophrenics became victims of an even greater human rights violation at the hands of the Third Reich.

War production was crucial for an Allied victory, but what happened when labor strikes challenged the “arsenal of democracy”?

Wartime film star Patsy Kelly's most defiant act was being an openly gay woman in an inhospitable climate for the LGBTQIA+ community. 

For five days in 1943, a fashion fad was at the center of racial violence in Los Angeles.