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Analysis-US Civil War-era rights law key in Trump election interference charges
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA law enacted in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War to protect the rights of Black people factors...
Trump’s Supreme Court Ballot Argument Posits That Jefferson Davis Wasn’t an Insurrectionist Either
Slate via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRepublican lawmakers framed and ratified Section 3 of the 14th Amendment after the greatest...
No matter what era in Lexington, Thanksgiving always a time for gratitude and penitence
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoThanksgiving 1922: a season for gratitude and penitence. In 1863, in the midst of the Civil War,...
The hateful signs may have disappeared, but racist attitudes haven’t | Opinion
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 9 months ago“We Serve Whites Only: No Spanish or Mexican” Hateful signs of this sort are no longer seen in...
For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAt the turn of the 20th century, Southern sympathizers started building monuments to Confederate...
These South Florida arts groups highlight Black artists throughout February and beyond
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoSometimes the best way to learn about history is to dive into the arts. This Black History Month,...
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Revisited 'History is ... relevant again': LBJ scholar says passage of...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 3—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Daniel Perkins recalls growing up in a Greater Johnstown of the 1950s and 1960s that felt safe and friendly to him, but also divided, with areas he knew to avoid because ...
Eight key revelations from Trump’s January 6 indictment
The Independent US via AOL· 10 months agoA four-count federal indictment against Donald Trump accuses the former president of conspiring with...
The Closest Calls: How America Nearly Forged a Different Path in 1916
Politico via Yahoo News· 10 months agoEven if you’re not a sharp observer of politics, you likely know that the last two presidential elections were two of the closest in American history. In 2016, with almost 150 million votes ...
A Lynching in New York 130 Years Ago Shows That the North Isn’t Immune to Racial Hatred
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn June 2nd a gathering in Port Jervis, New York will witness the unveiling of a plaque...