History

Harry Pace started the first major Black-owned record label in the U.S., but his achievements went mostly unnoticed until recently, when his descendants uncovered his secret history." Courtesy of Peter Pace hide caption

ACT UP demonstration at Foley Square, Federal Plaza, June 30, 1987. From left to right: Steve Gendin, Mark Aurigemma, Douglas Montgomery,Charles Stimson, Frank O'Dowd and Avram Finkelstein. Donna Binder/Courtesy of Farrar, Straus and Giroux hide caption

Lulu Merle Johnson, a professor and historian, was the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Iowa. Johnson County, Iowa, is naming itself after her. John I. Jackson hide caption

Capitalism is an economic system, but what do we really mean when we talk about capitalism? And how does it affect our lives? Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images hide caption

Cleveland's Tree Coalition has set an ambitious goal. It wants to plant hundreds of thousands of trees over the next two decades. So far, though, the city's tree canopy is still shrinking. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption

Then-President Richard Nixon explains aspects of the special message sent to the Congress on June 17, 1971, asking for an extra $155 million for a new program to combat the use of drugs. He labeled drug abuse "a national emergency." Harvey Georges/AP hide caption

ACT UP demonstration at Foley Square, Federal Plaza, June 30, 1987. From left to right: Steve Gendin, DoneMark Aurigemma, Douglas Montgomery,Charles Stimson, Frank O'Dowd, Avram Finkelstein. Donna Binder hide caption

The Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. housed the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in 1972. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption