Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor grow closer in "The History of Sound" through their shared passion for folk music. The film is ...

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(WHSV) - Almost 150 years ago on Feb. 19, 1878, Thomas Edison patented the phonograph. The phonograph was what made the modern music industry possible, according to History.com. It allowed for both ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Throughout his career, historian Carter G. Woodson, AB’1908, AM’1908, worked to change how Americans thought about Black history. The University of Chicago alum began that mission when, in February ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - December 24, 1877. Thomas Edison files a patent for the first phonograph capable of recording and playing sound. The groundbreaking product was a byproduct of Edison’s work ...

Which record player is best? The phonograph, or gramophone, has been around since the 1800s and has gone through many changes. The modern record player that record fans look for has many variations ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On November 29, 1877, young Thomas Edison tested his newest invention the phonograph. It was the first time anyone had recorded sound and played it back. He had given a sketch of ...

November 24, 1888 - The introduction of the phonograph in Lincoln was reported in The Nebraska State Journal on November 24, 1888. A company was created to control its introduction in several states, ...

The goldenrod was declared Nebraska’s state flower on April 4, 1895 when it was signed into law by Governor Silas A. Holcomb. A retired farmer near Beatrice is recreating the machines he grew up on, ...