He studied historical topics that made him curious, travelling several times a year to places where something had happened, or might have happened.

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The HISTORY website, located at www.history.com, is the leading online resource for all things history, featuring over 20, 000 videos, images, audio clips, articles and interactive features that allow visitors to dig deeper into a broad range of thousands of historical topics.

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With a single tap, readers can see all passages across a book that mention ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, places or topics that interest them, as well as more detailed descriptions from Wikipedia and Shelfari, Amazon's community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers.

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In it, he takes a historical look at race in sports and discusses a number of topics, including whether today's stars are doing enough to help their communities.

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