In December, a North Korean soldier scrambled across the DMZ, the heavily guarded border that separates North and South Korea, in a bid for freedom that was caught on video. TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie visits the exact spot where the defector drove, ran and then crawled across the border, despite suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Feb 14, 2018

NBC’s Harry Smith reveals the surprising story behind a piece of mail held at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

The Dockum Drug Store sit-in in Wichita, Kansas, hometown of TODAY’s Sheinelle Jones, charted new territory in the battle for civil rights. As TODAY launches a new series, Changemakers, at the start of Black History Month, Sheinelle talks to the participants in a fascinating, little-known piece of history.

As TODAY’s series “Mr. Smith Goes to the Smithsonian” continues, NBC’s Harry Smith reveals the story behind a dress in the National Museum of African American History and Culture and speaks with Carlotta Walls LaNier, who wore it in 1957 when she was one of the first Black students to attend Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. While recounting her story, she discusses the stark reality of the hatred she faced.