Overlooked History
This Supreme Court Case Led to Thousands of Forced Sterilizations
The justices ruled against the reproductive rights of people deemed “genetically inferior."
By Bongo Thompson
Uncovering the True Horrors of Indian Residential Schools
The bodies of thousands of Indigenous children have been discovered at schools in the U.S. and Canada.
By Ruth Hopkins
The Historical Narrative About Geronimo Is All Wrong
He’s depicted as a savage or a sideshow character. That's not the real story.
By Ruth Hopkins
The Mississippi Burning Murders Forced a Reckoning
The KKK’s murders of civil rights workers led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
By Alexa Stevens
Harvey Milk Brought LGBTQ Americans Into the Streets
“His whole point was that America had to see that we were everywhere.”
By Lex McMenamin
Before Naomi and Serena, There Was Lucy Diggs Slowe
This Black woman tennis star was also a tireless civil rights champion.
By Gennette Cordova
New Year’s Has a Very Different History for Black Americans
From Heartbreak Day to Freedom’s Eve.
By Jameelah Nasheed
This 17-Year-Old Girl Was Once a Leader of The Cherokee Nation
Nanyehi “Nancy” Ward tried to broker peace with white settlers.
By Caroline Klibanoff and Allyson Schettino
Meet Radical Activist and Anarchist Dorothy Day
Day’s organization provided food, shelter, and clothing to all who needed it.
By Lex McMenamin
The Battle of Blair Mountain Was the Largest Labor Uprising in U.S. History
An interracial coalition of miners led the rebellion.
By Abby Lee Hood
The Attica Riot of 1971 Sparked the Prison Reform Movement
“The guards were vicious. The prison ran on anger. It ran on fright.”
By Shammara Lawrence
Sports Played a Surprising Role in Women’s Suffrage
Physical and political freedom are intertwined.
By Haley Shapley
Meet Wilhelmina Dowsett, the Influential Native Hawaiian Suffragette
“We must see ourselves in our heroes, and our stories deserve to be told.”
By Ruth Hopkins
How White People Used Tuberculosis to Settle the Southwest
OG History is a Teen Vogue series where we unearth history not told through a white, cisheteropatriarchal lens.
By Jordana Rosenfeld
Activist Nurses Have Long Been on the March
Nurses know that sick bodies are political.
By Alicia Puglionesi
The Electoral College Is Tied to Slavery
It was designed to grant slave states more influence.
By Maya Francis
The Racist History of America's Patriotic Anthems
Black people are expected to sing songs that, for so long, declared and celebrated freedom that specifically excluded us.
By Jameelah Nasheed