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Juneteenth of New Bern celebrates the holiday with 13 days of events, and new Juneteenth Bear
New Bern Sun Journal· 5 days agoNonprofit organization Juneteenth of New Bern (JONB) will host 18 different events in a span of 13...
From kitsch to Park Avenue – the cultural history of the plastic pink flamingo
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoFeatherstone’s duck and flamingo ornaments sold in pairs for US$2.76, and were advertised as “Plastics for the Lawn.” Featherstone died in June 2015, but over five decades ...
Program | Institute of Latin American Studies
Columbia University News· 2 days agoProgram Explore the history, cultures, languages, politics, economies, and art of Latin America and the Caribbean ...
Nearly 50 Years After Her Death, Uruguay Lays to Rest a Woman Disappeared by Its Dictatorship
US News & World Report· 1 day agoNearly five decades after Uruguayan security forces seized Amelia Sanjurjo from the street, disappearing the newly pregnant woman into the</ ...
How a humble Indian fabric became a symbol of luxury in 1960s America
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBut Yale’s fabric donation wasn’t the only reason why madras became synonymous with American prep. ...
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EconoTimes· 5 days agoA scholar specializing in African American, African diaspora and African history, Nemata Blyden is ...
JFK’s unfinished legacy of peacemaking, a dream during the Cold War
San Antonio Express-News· 2 days agoFrom his 1960 campaign against Richard Nixon to his little more than 1,000 days as president,...
Finding my true vacation spot
Travel Weekly· 5 days agoMy work as a historian of slavery, gender and race in Latin America takes me to the Caribbean, Central and South America for archival ...
Is Haiti international football's real impossible job?
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoCaribbean island, which means Migne is unlikely to be able to set foot there for the foreseeable...
Opinion | This hurricane season is shaping up to break records. Anxiety levels are too.
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoSaturday marks the beginning of the hurricane season the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric...