History

During the Roaring Twenties — the Jazz Age — the second era of the Ku Klux Klan reached new heights, far more widespread than the first following the Civil War. How millions of people in the U.S. came to embrace the white supremacist group is the subject of Seattle author Timothy Egan’s new book “A Fever in the Heartland.”

The first national Women's History Week occurred in 1980. Seven years later, Congress passed a law designating March as Women's History Month.

Rosa Franklin of Tacoma was the first African American woman elected to the Washington state Senate. And she put environmental equity on the map here. Environment reporter Bellamy Pailthorp speaks to "Senator Rosa" in the KNKX studios.

In his new book about the connections between African Americans and the Sudan, University of Washington professor Christopher Tounsel takes note of Andrew Brimmer, the first Black member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

"Seattle from the Margins: Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City" explores Seattle's early economic history and the role that Asian immigrants and Indigenous workers played. KNKX's Emil Moffat spoke with author Megan Asaka.

Originally commemorated as Armistice Day, November 11 became "Veteran's Day" in 1954 when the federal holiday was expanded to celebrate all American veterans. Archival images show Americans commemorating veterans from the end of fighting in World War I to dedicating a memorial for the women who served in the Vietnam War.

Tacoma was once home to vibrant Japanese-American neighborhood full of photo studios, barbershops, and families. That was before almost 900 people of…

One of New Orleans' favorite desserts is a lasting legacy of an oft-forgotten chapter in the city's history: the banana trade, and its infamous practices.

For 15 minutes each week, Phyllis Jeanne Creore spoke and sang to the servicemen and their loved ones in her NBC radio broadcast. Now 96 years old, the beloved "Canteen Girl" shares her memories — and some personal wartime letters, too.