HISTORY

June 23 marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, federal legislation that requires gender equity in education, including sports. Commentator Martha Ackmann reflects on the legacy of that landmark ruling, and one woman who changed the game.

Scientists estimate North America has gradually lost about 30% of its bird life in the last half century.

Long before basketball superstars were defined by their sneaker preferences, Bob Lanier was best known for the size of his feet. Commentator Robert Chipkin takes a look back at his childhood and recalls his serious case of foot envy.

Each year about a quarter of a million fish use the fish lift at the Hadley Falls Station in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Author Erik Reardon dives into the history of commitments local citizens made to gaining a greater understanding of migratory fish, and accommodations they cooperatively made to keep these fish populations healthy.

A group of tribal leaders from South Dakota visited a small museum in Barre, Massachusetts, to ask it to return the belongings of their ancestors. They believe the museum's collection includes items taken off the bodies of people massacred at Wounded Knee in 1890.

For centuries, archeologists and amateur collectors looted Native American graves in Massachusetts and across the country, taking the remains of people — and the objects that were buried with them. Sometimes farmers or developers unearthed people unintentionally. They were given to museums, universities and even libraries.

Mark McMenamin said the bone was part of a predatory dinosaur about 30 feet long.

A recent book by UMass historian Bruce Laurie tells the story of Civil War soldiers from western Massachusetts who used a photograph to help New Englanders see the brutal trauma of slavery.

The insurrection led by a desperate Pelham farmer named Daniel Shays, in the late 18th century, was peaceful and orderly, according to Easthampton author Daniel Bullen. This view is directly counter to the widely taught and repeated rebellion story. Bullen's new book is called "Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story."