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As It Was: Jacksonville Creating Granite Pathway of History

Pedestrians approaching the Jacksonville, Ore., City Hall will soon be taking a walk through history.The city’s Boosters Club is replacing sidewalk panels…

Helen Dahlke, a scientist from the University of California, Davis, stands in an almond orchard outside Modesto that's being deliberately flooded. This experiment is examining how flooding farmland in the winter can help replenish the state's depleted aquifers.

As Rains Soak California, Farmers Test How To Store Water Underground

After years of drought, California is getting drenched with rains. Some scientists and farmers are testing a way to capture that water by filling the state's depleted groundwater aquifers.

Ethiopia Berta, an activist and educator who has been fighting for a change for many years, marches in Washington, D.C., on June 6. Last year she worked to keep Democracy Prep Public Charter School in southeast Washington, D.C., from closing.

As Black Photographers Document Protests, They Tell Their 'Own History In Real Time'

NPR talked to eight black photographers about documenting the protests against police brutality and systemic racism. They spoke of personal histories and of witnessing compassion for black protesters.

Willie O'Ree (left) and Howie Young (center) of the Los Angeles Blades talk during warm ups before their game at the Los Angeles Sports Arena during the 1963-64 season in Los Angeles, Calif. O'Ree became the first black player in the National Hockey League when he joined the Boston Bruins in 1958.

Black Hockey Players Celebrated In NHL's Mobile History Museum

The National Hockey League was the last major sports league to integrate, and is still the least diverse, with a lot to do to develop talent and build goodwill in minority communities.

John Jackson, co-owner of Capitol City Arms Supply, with an AR-15 rifle for sale at his store in Springfield, Ill., in 2013. The semi-automatic rifle has been sold to the public since the 1960s and the NRA estimates that around 8 million AR-15s and related models are in circulation.

A Brief History Of The AR-15

The semi-automatic rifle has been in wide circulation for more than a half-century. In recent years, gunmen have used AR-15-style weapons to carry out many of the country's worst mass shootings.

Untold RVA's tour guide, historian Free Egunfemi, sits inside Sweet Tea's Southern Cuisine, a restaurant with a history in the Underground Railroad.

Historian Goes Underground To Shed Light On Richmond's Role In Slave Trade

Historian Free Egunfemi is working to preserve the history of the black community in Richmond, Va. She explores the basement of a local restaurant that she says was part of the Underground Railroad.

Barbershop: History Of Immigration Politics

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Rutgers University labor professor Janice Fine, the Center for Immigration Studies' Jessica Vaughan and NPR's John Burnett about how U.S. immigration policies have evolved.

'Sea People' Examines The Origins And History Of Polynesia

Christina Thompson deftly weaves her fascinating narrative of European travels and attempts to understand the Polynesian puzzle in her new book, though European colonization is not fully addressed.

Personal History: A Struggle With Christian "Purity"

Jesus loves you, Christians often say. But the nature of the love of his followers for each other is very much up for debate. Linda Kay Klein grew up in…

Prisoners on work duty, filling sandbags in the "Big Red" work area.

The Forgotten History Of A Prison Uprising In Vietnam

Long Binh Jail was a prison for American soldiers on the outskirts of Saigon with notoriously harsh conditions. In 1968, a group of black inmates were fed up with their treatment and the war.

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