History

A recent episode of PBS’s Finding Your Roots with actress Kathryn Hahn featured research done by employees of the Capital Area District Libraries. But the libraries’ Local History department does more than just genealogy.

The first marker from the Jackson County Historical Society commemorates an important stop on the Underground Railroad.

Looking back on history, worrying about “fixing the damn roads,” as Governor Gretchen Whitmer might say, is just as relevant today as it was almost 200 years ago when Michigan became a state.

Beloved MSU men's basketball player Joshua Langford has decided to stop playing the game of basketball. Hear why. Also, MSU guard Foster Loyer adds his…

The train station in Jackson is being recognized by Amtrak for its role in the Underground Railroad, the system that helped escaped slaves reach freedom…

A new book is taking a unique approach to telling Black history stories to children.The photos that come with the book depict kids recreating well-known…

The story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad was recently turned into the biographical film “Harriet”. The film, which chronicles Tubman’s…

Former Michigan State University President John DiBiaggio has died. He was MSU’s 17th president, serving from 1985 to 1992.A press release from the…

A giant of the American automotive industry has died. Lee Iacocca was 94. WKAR’s Scott Pohl talks about Iacocca’s legacy with Paul Eisenstein of…

The police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City fifty years ago this week, and the ensuing violence, is often credited with sparking the modern gay…