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The Martinsburg Journal· 8 hours agoIn 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president during the National Union (Republican) Party’s convention in Baltimore. In 1867, modern American architect Frank Lloyd Wright ...
LSU Museum of Art's Southern vernacular quilt show: telling stories one stitch at a time
The Advocate· 4 days agoRoosevelt's establishment of the 1935 Resettlement Administration. This allowed Gee's Bend residents...
Bad Boys: Ride or Die Races to Explosive Start at Box Office
Comic Book· 20 hours agoBad Boys: Ride or Die is tracking for a $40 million-plus weekend after it debuted to $5.9 million in...
Review: ‘Stokely’ at Court Theatre is an unfinished story of a uncompromising radical
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe activist Stokely Carmichael played a major role in both the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement, something that could not said about either Martin
Summer meal program feeds hundreds of children
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJun. 6—Summer lunches at Green Country Village apartments mean a lot to 3-year-old Elijah Beaman. "He learns something, he meets people; he loves it, plus he's fed," his father, Jeremiah Beaman ...
Money-making L.A. hospitals quit delivering babies. Inside the fight to keep one labor ward open.
The News-Times· 16 hours agoDetranay Blankenship was 16 weeks pregnant when she found out she was expecting. The 26-year-old first-time mom wasn’t sure what to expect during labor, but the team at MLK’s maternity ward ...
Money-making L.A. hospitals quit delivering babies. Inside the fight to keep one labor ward open.
Associated Press· 16 hours agoDetranay Blankenship was 16 weeks pregnant when she found out she was expecting. The days passed...
White House to host Juneteenth concert
United Press International via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoDance group Step Afrika! performs during last year's Juneteenth concert at the White House. File Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa USA Juneteenth is the 12th...
Opinion: Peaceful protests of the type seen in 1960s and 1970s were smart and effective
U-T San Diego· 2 days agoNonviolent protesters helped bring an end to the Vietnam War and gave momentum to the Civil Rights Movement
On This Day, June 8: USS Liberty attacked off Egypt
UPI· 5 hours agoOn June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, an intelligence ship sailing in international waters off Egypt, was attacked by Israeli jet planes and torpedo boats.
