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Philadelphia’s 200-year-old disability records show welfare reform movement’s early shift toward...
The Patriot-News· 6 days agoCharles Kingley was a widower and a single father of four who lived in the Northern Liberties...
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoThe U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over...
Experts will share insight on American first ladies at annual symposium
The Marion Star via Yahoo News· 1 day agoShe is deputy director of events at the Library of Congress, and previously worked as a journalist,...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA group of enslaved people is seen on J.J. Smith's plantation in Beaufort, South Carolina. Library of Congress Free Without Freedom The ...
Thomas/Thomasin Hall Is Part of the Story of Gender Nonconforming People in US History
Teen Vogue via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLater, Thomas Jefferson acquired the records, and they became part of the Library of Congress’s...
National Book Festival releases 2024 author lineup
Axios· 4 days agoJames Patterson, James McBride, Sandra Cisneros and more.
Kevin Bacon Thought 'Footloose' the Song Would Have More of a 'Lasting Legacy' Than the Movie...
People via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe raucous rock song, selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library ...
The nuanced symbols of freedom most of us miss in the Juneteenth flag
theGrio via AOL· 3 days ago“People often think about Haitians immigrating to the U.S., but there was a time when Black...
What's in your closet? The Venue Fine Art & Gifts might be interested in the artwork
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHis art has hung in dozens of galleries and museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the...
The Folger Library Wants to Reintroduce You to Shakespeare
New York Times· 1 day agoAfter an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming...