Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Late Victorian Manure Crisis Jul 06, 2016

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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many cities were facing the same issue: so much horse manure, they couldn't keep up with it. It created unhygienic conditions, and very real problems.

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The Jacobite Rising of 1745 Jul 04, 2016

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Portrayals of this piece of Scottish and English history are often simultaneously romanticized and oversimplified. It's a great deal more complicated than any one event, and is instead the result of many contributing factors.

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The Discovery of 'Planet' Ceres Jun 29, 2016

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For a long time, astronomers believed that there must have been a planet lurking in the gap between Mars and Jupiter. What they found was Ceres, and this object's story is one of scientific cattiness and our ever-evolving understanding of space.

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The Achaemenid Empire Jun 27, 2016

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The Achaemenid Empire was founded by Cyrus II in the 6th century B.C.E., and it became an empire unlike any the world had seen up to that point.

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Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement (Part 2) Jun 22, 2016

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Because of his previous ties to the Communist Party, his race, and his sexual orientation, the McCarthy era was extremely dangerous for Rustin. This was one of many reasons why his activism focused on other countries in the 1950s.

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Bayard Rustin, 'Angelic Troublemaker' (Part 1) Jun 20, 2016

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Bayard Rustin was an openly gay black man born in 1912. He spent his life working tirelessly for equal rights, peace, democracy, and economic equality, including being one of the primary planners of the 1963 March on Washington.

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Harriet Tubman, Union Spy (Part 2) Jun 15, 2016

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There was a whole lot more to Harriet Tubman's life and work than her time as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. During the United States Civil War, she worked as a Union spy, eventually earning the nickname "General."

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Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad (Part 1) Jun 13, 2016

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Most people are familiar with her involvement with the Underground Railroad, but Harriet Tubman was also a spy for the Union during the Civil War, among many other things. Untangling the truth from the myth is the trickiest part of her story.

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Raymond Bessone, Mister Teasie-Weasie Jun 08, 2016

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British hair guru Raymond Bessone became the first celebrity hair stylist by leveraging the post-war desire for glamour and his own innate skill at marketing. His larger-than-life persona and skill with shears made his coiffures the pinnacle of style.

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Saint Gertrude of Nivelles Jun 06, 2016

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She's sometimes called the patron saint of cats, and the story of Gertrude's religious devotion starts when she was just a young child. Her family's history is important, because they formed the roots of the Carolingian dynasty.

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