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U.S. Colored Cavalry reenactors bring living history to Jackson
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 16 hours agoCivil War reenactors brought history to life at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson as members of the 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry taught attendees how soldiers ...
Events throughout the week mark Juneteenth 2024 in the Quad-Cities
Quad-City Times· 6 hours agoJuneteenth is a federal holiday commemorating when, on June 19, 1865, the Union Army arrived in...
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...
Black History Collective of Henderson County to put on Juneteenth events
Gannett via AOL· 8 hours agoJuneteenth, observed every year on June 19, commemorates the emancipation of African Americans in...
Canada’s Big Worry: A US Civil War
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJustin Trudeau probably won’t ask Joe Biden if the U.S. is headed for a war between the states. But a report from within his government says it’s time for Canada to get ready.
Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp Nelson is our Canada’
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoLinda Blackford: On Juneteenth, remember where Black Kentuckians issued their own Emancipation...
The civil but nevertheless hostile NY-16 debate
Politico· 6 hours agoWith help from Rich Mendez Even in a relatively civil televised debate between Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his Democratic primary challenger Westchester...
Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families, conservatism
Gannett via AOL· 7 hours agoJim Crow laws were enacted over several decades after the end of post-Civil War Reconstruction in...
How we uncovered the true story of 40 Acres and a Mule
Mother Jones· 4 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 ...
Americans celebrate Flag Day every year, a holiday born in Wisconsin
Los Angeles Times· 3 hours agoEach June, the people of Waubeka venerate perhaps the nation’s most enduring symbol, celebrating...