History
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BYU professor highlights unsung stories from Utah’s rich pioneer history with Intermountain Histories website
Immigrant communities such as a Finnish settlement in Scofield and a Chinese community in Salt Lake City may not be as well-known or remembered but still play an important part of Utah’s history — a history rich with diverse stories of faith and perseverance.
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BYU history professor explores what freedom without family meant to enslaved people
Analysis of former slaves’ narratives: freedom was a family affair
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Personal stories fuel BYU grad's passion for history
When she is not outside with her four younger brothers, practicing martial arts or traveling, Miranda Jessop is doing one of her other favorite things: discovering peoples’ stories.
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BYU professor’s research shapes American Girl doll with an important, historical back-story
BYU's Rebecca de Schweinitz has studied children and youth in the Civil Rights Movement for years. Her recent work with American Girl aims to empower young people and gives parents some important, timely talking points.
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The other "Glory Road": Latino basketball's forgotten story
Long before Texas Western defeated Kentucky for the 1966 national championship – depicted in the film “Glory Road” – there were the Sidney Lanier High School Voks, a team that found little glory as they made history.
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Black family vacations in the 1950s: An untold story
While the fight against segregation on public buses remains a civil rights symbol, a BYU historian shows how the struggles of black families vacationing by car contributed to the push for equal access to public accommodations.
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