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Activists call to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because he owned slave people
NPR· 4 hours ago"Renaming buildings so that they're no longer named after slave holders or segregationists is not...
President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site gets a new 'Summer White House' exhibit
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoJustin Morrill was the longest serving member of Congress in its first 160 years, known for framing...
Zuma lashes out at judges after election ban
BBC via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoMr Zuma rose to the helm of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party after ousting its founding leader, Jabulani Khumalo [Getty Images] Former South African ...
Retired Judge Casts Light on Slave Freedom Case Fought in Pre-Civil War New York | New York Law...
Law.com· 6 days ago“The case was unique in American law at the time,” Rosenblatt, a past president of the Historical...
Lies About American History We Were All Taught in School
Cheapism via AOL· 1 hour agoA lot of U.S. history is too good to be true — and actually is not. Sometimes fact is ignored, or...
This Memorial Day, here’s who you should know is buried at the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 16 hours agoThis year, the private cemetery celebrates 175 years of operation. With 170 acres of land, the...
Poway actor brings history alive in 'Women Warrior' performances
U-T San Diego· 9 hours agoHarriet Tubman, an escaped slave who participated in a network of safe houses known as the...
Kenyan president will receive White House praise over troops-to-Haiti move − but lack of action...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoKenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African...
Opinion | If Boudica and Spartacus were alive today, they would be called terrorists too
South China Morning Post· 12 hours agoToday, the term is “terrorists”. In the more recent history of Western extermination and...
Review: TIMBUKTU! at The Black Rep
Broadway World· 3 days agoThe Caliph seeks a bride, an itinerant poet seeks a meal, his daughter seeks love, the corrupt and wicked Wazir seeks further corruption—and his...