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Decoration Day in Syracuse: The evolution of Memorial Day
The Post-Standard· 19 hours agoBlight’s research found several newspaper accounts and a photograph that indicated that on May 1,...
Pine nuts: Connections
Sierra Sun· 3 hours agoMark Twain Days (Year Two) was yet another triumph, particularly the group photo, where every kid and her grandmother sported humongous mustachios. My...
How a ‘border ruffian’ who supported slavery got a monument honoring him in a KC park
The Kansas City Star· 3 days agoWhat's Your KCQ is a collaboration between The Star and the Kansas City Public Library series that answers your questions the history, people, places and culture that make Kansas City unique ...
Mr. Bojangles danced to fame
Arizona Daily Sun· 21 hours agoMany steps Robinson perfected with his trademark clarity, precision, and elegance, including the famous “stair dance,” remain part of the tap repertoire...
Kenyan AI workers say their conditions amount to 'modern day slavery'
Quartz· 3 days agoThe workers are asking for their working conditions to be improved during negotiations for a...
Civil War tablets honoring Amherst veterans help open high schoolers’ eyes to unsung Black history
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 19 hours agoAfrican American soldiers from Amherst who served in the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment...
She earned her first college degree at 10. Now, this Bronzeville teen has a Ph.D.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoDorothy Jean Tillman II had always dreamed of her prom dress: royal blue, with a sweetheart neckline...
‘Ginger-ism’ is very real – but not all prejudices are equal
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoAlex Ujah, who is black, had accused his manager Robert Rance of likening his experience to “400...
Museum's 'Interwoven' exhibit focuses on telling stories of the enslaved
Roanoke Times· 4 days agoThe letter was found, along with other papers, in the walls of a house undergoing demolition in...
In 1852 NH placed two men on the presidential ballot.
New Hampshire Union Leader· 6 days agoJohn P. Hale, U.S. senator from New Hampshire, was the first person in that body who had run as an...
