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New laws that take effect July 1 in Tennessee
WKRN Nashville· 22 hours agoThe Tennessee General Assembly passed hundreds of pieces of legislation regarding gun laws, juvenile crime, education and protecting victims of domestic...
Two national parks to honor Black soldiers for Juneteenth
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWilliam Garvin was a former slave who enlisted in the military during the Civil War.National Park...
While Florida was part of the Confederacy, Key West was not and freed its slaves early
CBS News· 6 days agoDuring the Civil War, Florida was part of the Confederate States of America. "Despite the fact that...
Even the Supreme Court’s conservative justices are polarized about the state of American politics
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRoberts takes a different position on polarization in those recordings. The chief justice offers a...
Research suggests mass grave of Black Union troops in Charles City County
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 7 hours agoTom Dundon is not a historian. Next to a field on Kittiewan Plantation, he came across a patch of...
Tracing Northeast Ohio’s Underground Railroad history at Cleveland’s Cozad-Bates House (photos)
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 6 days agoBefore the Civil War, Northeast Ohio was a hotbed of abolitionism, dotted with safe houses and sites...
On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery
Associated Press· 6 days agoThousands of surnames grace the towering monument, representing the more than 4 million enslaved...
President Biden, the time for national reparations is now
The Hill· 2 days agoReparations have been debated since the end of the Civil War, but many track the most recent...
The Supreme Court’s Major Gun Decision Was A Warning To Extremist Judges
HuffPost· 21 hours agoThe Supreme Court’s decision Friday to uphold a 30-year-old law barring domestic abusers from...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat· 5 days agoThe grounds which serve as the site of Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was used very much as it is today 170 years ago, as a place for agricultural fairs and other events. Camp Koerner — named after ...