From the World War II engagement that helped instigate a medical breakthrough to the devastating attack that indirectly contributed to the Renaissance, these battles altered the course of history.
Kenji Tamaki, who chases whatever wave or wind that keeps his spirit aloft, knows a thing or two about kiteboarding in Okinawa, which is why, every year, he goes to Miyakojima, a far west island of Japan, to rest and recharge away from his busy life in Tokyo.
The struggle for racial justice takes center stage this season, alongside surveys of Russian history, WWII espionage sagas, studies of white supremacist ideology in U.S. institutions, and tributes to pioneering Black Americans.