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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...
Has anything in your life been better with Biden? Letters to the Editor, Aug. 13, 2023
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTobia and the Peter Principle Two articles in the Aug. 10 edition of FLORIDA TODAY ("County says no...
Federal court asked to block Alabama parole policy amid ‘convict leasing’ allegations
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA group of current and formerly incarcerated people alleging state prisons are using slave labor...
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...
One of America’s Most Sinister Modern Sins Can Begin to Be Fixed
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty and Wikimedia CommonsIn December 1866, an...
What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrated annually on 19 June across the US, Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the nation’s “second”...
The 13th Amendment's fatal flaw created modern-day convict slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn this rare photograph taken in 2000, prisoners at the Ferguson Unit in Texas are seen working in...
The California reparations taskforce released 115 recommendations. Will any become law?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe California reparations task force met for its 16th and final hearing Thursday, passing a report...
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...
Alabama Prisoners Sue State Over 'Modern-Day Slavery’ Work Programs
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCurrent and former prisoners in Alabama filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday arguing that the...