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Slavery at Fort Defiance: App State students and faculty present findings
News-Topic, Lenoir, N.C. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWilliam Lenoir. On the evening of Monday, April 29, Appalachian State University's Slavery in Appalachia class presented its findings at residence's picnic shelter. The presentation ...
Wisconsin Gunman, 14, Posted Disturbing Snapchat Messages Before Trying to Smash School Window
Heavy.com· 13 hours agoThe rifle-carrying “active shooter” who was “neutralized” near a Wisconsin middle school in Mount...
UALR opens unique exhibition on the fight for freedom from slavery | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 1 day agoThe epic legal battles for freedom from slavery of two 19th century individuals are the subject of a...
Exclusive: Imran Khan hits out at ‘laughing stock’ government from his prison cell
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoPakistan is at a “dangerous crossroads” after a flawed election which has left the government a...
What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJuneteenth marks one of the most important moments in American history: the end of slavery in the...
Island nation of Sao Tome and Principe to ask Portugal for colonial reparations
Reuters via AOL· 12 hours agoThe government of the African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe will ask Portugal to repair the...
Sen. Ted Cruz stumps for Alex Mooney in Eastern Panhandle
The Martinsburg Journal· 1 hour agoU.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, arrived in West Virginia Thursday to throw his support toward his...
Slavery did not make Britain rich, finds report
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSlavery and colonialism did not make Britain rich, and may even have made the nation poorer, a new study has found. The riches of the slave trade were...
President Joe Biden Proclaims Thursday, May 2, 2024, as a National Day of Prayer
Sierra Sun Times· 14 hours agoFor centuries, Americans of every religion and background have come together to lift up one another...
How Bondage Built the Church | Tiya Miles
New York Review of Books· 14 hours agoBecause many Americans, especially Black Americans descended from enslaved people, recognize the harms of minimizing slavery—both to the memory of those...
