American History

What is a Decolonized Story? Here Are 3 Characteristics

We hear all the time how the episodes in our Untold Stories series are some of everyone’s favorites — and…

When the team here at First Name Basis was doing the research for our recent episode “Alcatraz: An Untold Story…

Alcatraz. What comes to your mind when you hear the name of that little island off the coast of San…

You know what would really help us all out? If we realized that historical figures are more than the heroes/villains…

You probably learned in school all about the story of Francis Scott Key watching the “rockets red glare” and “bombs…

I’ve always thought Mildred and Richard Loving’s last name was kismet: Mildred was a Black woman and Richard was a…

If you’ve been here for a while, you’ve probably heard me say about a million times that race is a…

As a former teacher and a mom, I have a recurring nightmare that I’m sure many of you share: a…

“White passing” and “white presenting” are terms you’ve probably heard before when people are talking about being multi-racial, but what…

Since the push for anti-racism has become more mainstream some white children (and adults) are learning about the true history…