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March , 2026
Mexico's Peasant President: Benito Juárez
The story of the Mexican president who fought off right-wing rebels and imperial invaders.
Mexico has often led the way in the radical history of the Americas.
Fighting for Freedom: The 54th Massachusetts
The story of the first all-black infantry regiment in the American Civil War, founded on this day in 1863...
More than 200,000 African Americans served in the Union military during the Civil War. Almost 40,000 gave their lives fighting for abolition.
Teaching Us How To Die
The story of Crispus Attucks, the escaped slave who became the first person to die for American independence...
The first person to die for American independence was a mixed-race sailor and escaped slave called Crispus Attucks.
Shot Dead in the Street
The story of Olof Palme, Sweden's social democratic Prime Minister assassinated on this day in 1986.
The Cold War pressured smaller countries to ‘pick a side’ between the rival superpowers.