Burns Hargis never expected to have a biography written about him. But neither had he expected to become president of Oklahoma State University.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

16 Cheyenne and Arapaho children who died while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School are finally buried with their relatives in Concho. But two other students did not return home due to gravesite mismanagement, and the Office of Army Cemeteries is taking accountability.

Much of the turkey's early history is shrouded in uncertainty, historians and etymologists say — which is particularly true of how the bird got its name.

Jim Clyburn's new book, The First Eight, restores the lives of South Carolina's early Black congressmen and shows how their battles during Reconstruction offer lessons, and warnings, for politics today.

Viola Fletcher was 111 years old and still resided in Tulsa when she died Monday. She lived through the Tulsa Race Massacre as a child, which she said deeply scarred her and her family.

For a decade, StoryCorps' Great Thanksgiving Listen has encouraged students, like those in Stacy Flannery's history class, to record the stories of the elders in their families.

StateImpact’s Logan Layden sat down with Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell, who also serves as chairman of the Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Commission, to discuss the significance of America’s Main Street and plans to celebrate its 100 year anniversary in 2026.

This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features stories on the ripple effects felt by the federal government shutdown, the end of UCO's student newspaper, The Vista, and the human costs of mental health cuts in Oklahoma.

Trump has repeated debunked claims that Afrikaners are facing a "white genocide" in South Africa. Critics say the false statements are causing conflict in a country still recovering from apartheid.