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Juneteenth an opportunity to celebrate past, look forward to future: student essays
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoStudents across Greater Lansing wrote essays about the history and importance of Juneteenth as part...
New book delves into the remarkable life of an enslaved man who lived in Wilmington
Star News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNorth Carolina might be more closely associated with the Grand Ole Opry than with grand opera. This...
Two weeks in, this college in Clinton welcomes its first president: Mohawk Valley history
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months ago1812, 211 years ago Hamilton president The Reverend Azel Backus arrives in the village of Clinton to...
WWI nurse returns home as Utica hospital head nurse: This week in Mohawk Valley history
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year ago1800, 223 years ago Watch us grow Oneida County — a jewel sitting in the center of the state and...
Righting the past: Euphrozine Hinard, enslaver and emancipator, dead at 90
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEditor’s note: This is the 20th in a series of historical obituaries written today to honor the men...
This Sacramento lawyer helped desegregate housing. A film series tells his legacy
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFrom a young age, Mazuri Colley had people coming up to her telling her what her grandfather had...
Monday After: Betsy Mix Cowles had key role in Stark education
The Repository via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAbolitionist. Educator. Advocate for women's rights. Betsy Mix Cowles was one of Stark County's...
Woman and 3 children killed in North Texas head-on crash between SUV, tractor-trailer
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA woman and three kids ages 3, 7 and 10 died when their SUV crossed into oncoming traffic and hit an...
An opera based on the life of an enslaved Wilmington man has won a Pulitzer Prize
Star News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn opera based on the life of an enslaved man who lived in Wilmington has won the Pulitzer Prize for...
Brighton author releases debut novel about first Swedish settler in Minnesota
Gannett via AOL· 7 months agoBRIGHTON — A newspaper article Jason Bergeron read four years ago was the inspiration for his debut...