A group of ex-farmers, a terrorist from Kansas, and a schoolteacher attempt the greatest covert operation of the Civil War.
A 19th century promise, and a 21st century betrayal. The past and present of 40 acres and a mule.
We sat down with Nikole Hannah-Jones of the New York Times Magazine, Al Letson of Reveal, and Christy Coleman of the American Civil War Museum to talk about how they take down Civil War myths.
A woman discovers a secret that the government long tried to keep hidden: a secret about who exactly fought in the Civil War.
From the cemetery to the big screen, a 150 year old push to rewrite American history.
We dig deep into the anthem of the Confederacy, and learn that almost everything we thought we knew about it... was wrong.
A small shopkeeper in Philadelphia unwittingly stumbles into a con that helps take down the Confederacy.
In 1640 three men attempted to escape indentured servitude. The outcome lay the foundation for the split in America that lead to Civil War.
Rachel Swarns of the New York Times joins us to discuss what she discovered when she followed the money trail of one of the nation's top financial institutions all the back to the 19th century.
A listener voicemail sends us deep down the rabbit hole into one of the most toxic myths of the Confederacy.