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What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth marks one of the most important moments in American history: the end of slavery in the...
Wisconsin Teen Damian Haglund Named as Mount Horeb ‘Active Shooter’
Heavy.com· 14 hours agoDamian Haglund, 14, has been publicly named as the the rifle-carrying “active shooter” who was shot...
Civil rights leaders blast Supreme Court at their doorstep
The Hill via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoCivil rights leaders from around the nation gathered in Washington, D.C., Friday to protest book...
Review: 'Devil in the White City' author Erik Larson returns with 'The Demon of Unrest'
New Hampshire Union Leader· 3 hours agoThere may be a tendency to think of the war in the same breath as Abraham Lincoln, but Larson, whose...
Presidential Medal of Freedom: Biden honours activists, astronauts and Olympians
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoMr Biden declared Juneteenth a national holiday during his first year in office. The president also...
Princess Eugenie Shares Personal Photos for Husband's Birthday, Including a Snap of Jack Brooksbank...
People via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThe previously unseen snaps include a glam date night and a casual photo of the couple Princess...
Opinion: Violent and peaceful means
Idaho State Journal· 15 hours agoMany martyrs have sought justice for their people; individuals like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King come to mind. Less than 160 years have passed...
Slavery did not make Britain rich, finds report
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 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...
Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
The Day· 1 day agoA century or so ago, in an era of racial denialism, historians groped for any explanation besides slavery to define the war’s origins. Half a century later, in the aftermath ...
How will Republican Party be remembered?
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoIn 1852, the big national issue was slavery. The Whigs lost the presidency to the Democrats and split over that issue along sectional lines, with Northern Whigs helping to ...
