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Slavery by another name: Powerful Penn Center exhibit explores involuntary servitude
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA mixed-media exhibition that explores the little-known past practice of leasing Black convicts to...
Coal Creek history: How Welsh coal miners ended convict leasing and slavery in Tennessee
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis is a three-part series by Carolyn Krause drawing on Barry Thacker’s “Bringing the Coal Creek...
How voters can abolish slavery forever in Tennessee this November | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAccording to the Tennessee Constitution, slavery is legal in Tennessee. On Aug. 8, 1863, in...
As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it’s time to get rid of these three myths about slavery
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTemple “Tempie” Cummins stoically stares at the camera with her arms folded in her lap, sitting...
Juneteenth: What is the historically important day and how did it start?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrated annually on 19 June across the US, Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the...
While change underway, Nicholls State University's name a reminder of Confederate past
The Courier via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOf all the local institutions named for people with histories of racism and white supremacy, none...
'Modern day slavery': Lawmakers, advocates seek change after Republic prison labor investigation
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoReacting to an investigation by The Arizona Republic and KJZZ, lawmakers and advocates are calling...
Juneteenth's fellow emancipations, and what 'freedom' then meant
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’: David Oyelowo and Chad Feehan on the Finale’s Explosive Showdown and the...
Variety via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” all eight episodes of...
Anderson County’s coal mine explosions led to improved mine safety
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn this second in a three-part series of articles on Coal Creek history, as presented at the Coal...
