Ulysses S. Grant: The General Who Saved the Union | 5-Minute Videos
No American led a more eventful life than Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States and the Union Army’s most...
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Andrew Johnson: The President Who Wasn’t Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln had been assassinated. To take the reins of power at this tumultuous moment required a man of compassion, discernmen...
Abraham Lincoln: The President We Needed
When Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States, he did not believe the country would soon be embroiled in a cos...
Millard Fillmore: The Last Whig President
Is Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States, the least significant of all the commanders in chief? Or the most unde...
Zachary Taylor: The Man Who Might Have Prevented the Civil War
He was a slave owner who opposed the expansion of slavery; a president who despised politics and politicians. That was Zachary Taylo...
What Unites Americans?
Americans come from every corner of the globe. We represent every race, every ethnicity, and every religion. So what brings us all t...
What’s Wrong With The 1619 Project?
In August of 2019, the New York Times published The 1619 Project. Its goal is to redefine the American experiment as rooted not in l...
Frederick Douglass: From Slave to Statesman | 5 Minute Video
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, but through his own heroic efforts became one of the most influential advocates for freedo...
Why I Don’t Want and Don’t Deserve Reparations | 5 Minute Video
The Reparations Movement — a government payout to descendants of slaves — is making a comeback. Super Bowl star Burgess Owens, who h...