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Arjun Thakkar/WKAR-MSUA thriving African-American neighborhood once stood in Lansing's I-496 corridor. A new documentary called "They Even Took the Dirt" shows what life was like before the highway came to town. -
Detroit Public Library/Burton Historical CollectionThe story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad was recently turned into the biographical film “Harriet”. The film, which chronicles Tubman’s…
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A time capsule from 1930 has been discovered during demolition at an elementary school in Tuscola County.The Kingston school district in Michigan's Thumb… -
Fifty years ago today, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles. For many, he seemed on his way to the office that his brother, John Kennedy,…
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Did you know Benjamin Franklin started a revolution to eat more potatoes in France? A small history lesson on this episode of Serving Up Science as…
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There are six student dormitories on West Circle Drive on the MSU campus, and all six are named for notable women in the school’s history.WKAR’s Scott…
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2017 marks the 100th anniversary of American involvement in World War 1. A new exhibition at the MSU Museum reveals how the government promoted the war.…
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On Saturday, Nov. 18, as many as 60,000 people will come to Ford Field in Detroit to celebrate the life of Fr. Solanus Casey. The priest who once lived in…
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After addressing a standing-room only crowd at Michigan State University Thursday evening, the daughter of civil rights icon Malcolm X made a personal…
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Civil War re-enactments are common events for people interested in the history and warfare of that era. Less common are events that bring the…
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In January 1973, the Paris Peace Accords brought a formal end to the Vietnam War. But in April 1975, the North Vietnamese Army ignored the terms of the…
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Editor's Note: this interview originally aired in September 2015. In September of 1957, Ernest Green and eight other African American students stood…
