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How we uncovered the true story of 40 Acres and a Mule
Mother Jones· 3 hours ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles after the Civil War. One ...
Bishop of Bradford's plea over Sudan civil war media coverage
BBC News· 4 days agoThe Bishop of Bradford has appealed for wider media coverage of the civil war in Sudan, after...
Juneteenth events begin this weekend
Gannett via AOL· 7 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the Civil War was over and slavery abolished, more than two years after...
Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families, conservatism
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoJim Crow laws were enacted over several decades after the end of post-Civil War Reconstruction in...
Anna Sawai digs into the 'core power' of her complex, fragile Lady Mariko in 'Shōgun'
LA Times via AOL· 4 hours agoThen an English ship's pilot, John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), washes up on the shores of the...
Bishop's plea over Sudan civil war media coverage
BBC via AOL· 4 days agoThe Bishop of Bradford has appealed for wider media coverage of the civil war in Sudan, after returning from a visit to the country. The Sudanese army...
Reconstruction-era records reveal how formerly enslaved people were stripped of land
WLRN Miami· 5 hours agoJournalist Alexia Fernández Campbell says following the Civil War, some freed men and women were given titles to land -- but after President Lincoln's death, the land was taken back.
Pitcairn man performs restoration, replacement work on Civil War headstones
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 1 day agoEllis Michaels of Pitcairn, a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, is removing...
Sudan war: Evidence that Iran and UAE drones used
BBC News· 15 hours agoIran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been accused of violating a UN arms embargo by supplying drones to the warring sides in the 14-month conflict that has devastated Sudan. On the morning ...
Juneteenth events in Macon-Bibb: Where to find them, what to do this weekend
Macon Telegraph via AOL· 7 hours agoThere’s also more to the Juneteenth story than the events themselves. First, here’s an overview of...
