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National landmarks embody competing visions of America’s past | The Excerpt
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoNow there are two, and I know that that has been important from our reporting to the Japanese American community and descendants of those who were interned there. There are also sites tied to ...
Looking Back: Dover’s John P. Hale returns to his former seat in the U.S. Senate.
New Hampshire Union Leader· 3 days agoThe future of the institution of slavery was a dominant issue in the 1852 presidential election....
Juneteenth: What's open & what's closed on America’s newest federal holiday
TheStreet.com· 3 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery after the U.S. Civil War, and while government buildings and the NYSE are closed, most retail stores are open. Banks, federal offices ...
‘Mother, activist, suffragist’: Plaza honoring Sojourner Truth opens Wednesday in Akron
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 12 hours agospeech in nearly the exact location. Truth, who was born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree, traveled...
Timeline of Diane Abbott’s suspension: From her comments on racism to Labour ‘election ban’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 hours ago“It is true that many types of white people with points of difference, such as redheads, can...
The Freedom Center to Host First-Ever Juneteenth Jubilee Festival
Cincinnati CityBeat· 6 hours agoJuneteenth, held each year on June 19, is a celebration in African American communities of the end...
Ken Burns' speech was great, but why so negative about Yiddish?
The Forward· 5 hours agoAt Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts last weekend, undergraduates welcomed the acclaimed...
Google Is in Its Elizabeth Holmes Era
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoDon’t forget, also, the humans who work at the data centers, chip manufacturers, and energy generators required in heaping amounts to even power all...
Do you care if Trump is guilty? He doesn't
Los Angeles Times· 13 hours agoThere are 158 days until the election and we are moving on from bad-built B words to expletive A words. Meanwhile, Robert De Niro, 80, has thrown his...
Statue unveiled at the site where Sojourner Truth gave her 1851 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoTruth, a formerly enslaved person, delivered the speech to a crowd gathered at the Universalist Old...
