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Gospel music has always played a big role in American culture. Now, the music's wide-ranging history is being celebrated at Nashville's new Museum of Christian & Gospel Music.

Seventy years ago, Florida civil rights pioneer Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette, were killed in a bombing at their home on Christmas Day. No one was charged with their murders.

Boston officially says it is sorry for its history in transatlantic slavery and the "death, misery and deprivation" it caused, and pledges to "repair past and present harm done."

The 17 recipients include athletes, artists, and leaders of the civil rights and labor movements.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Library of Congress scholar-in-residence and Black Film Archive creator Maya Cade about Black resistance in film and how it has been received by the public over the years.

Marian Lewyeka's delightful novel, A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian spurred NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid to tell another tractor story — the history of Belarusian tractors in Pakistan.

Questions about race and representation permeated the debate over who can best reflect the will of the American electorate on the Hill.

Starting March 27, you won't be able to buy digital games for the Wii U and 3DS. Video game archivists and fans are racing to preserve titles that may soon disappear.

Starting March 27, you won't be able to buy digital games for the Wii U and 3DS. Video game archivists and fans are racing to preserve titles that may soon disappear.

NPR's history podcast Throughline looks at how the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota avoided the fate of most U.S. reservations. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa still owns all the reservation land.