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US history is complex. Scholars say this is the right way to teach about slavery, racism.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Houston teenager preternaturally keen on research and activism was at home this summer, searching...
Righting the past: Abraham, veteran of Negro Fort and Seminole Wars, is dead
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEditor’s note: This is the 25th in a series of historical obituaries written today to honor the men...
Op-Ed: End the romance of Thanksgiving, as a great Pequot scholar argued two centuries ago
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe First Thanksgiving by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (Barney Burstein / Corbis / VCG via Getty...
Will Smith's Civil War-era drama 'Emancipation' was inspired by the true story of an enslaved man...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWill Smith plays Peter in "Emancipation."AppleTV "Emancipation" premiered in select theaters on...
Josh Hawley Gets Holy Hell After Juneteenth Claim About Christianity And Slavery
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) attempted a little revisionist history on social media on Monday. It didn’t...
St. Augustine's Fort Mose and the ongoing efforts to resurrect its buried past
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoST. AUGUSTINE — Wander down the long wooden boardwalk at Fort Mose Historic State Park, and you'll...
The fight for African American studies in schools isn't getting easier, even after 50 years
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1967, young people across Philadelphia took to the streets to protest the district's treatment of...
Black soldier who crossed Delaware with Washington will be honored in New Jersey
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSince they were children, cousins Arianna Murray and Jane Fox Long had known the story of Oliver...
Famed criminal justice lawyer Bryan Stevenson says it all began with Delaware childhood
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, is renowned as a...
It's Claimed that Only 1.6% of US Citizens Owned Slaves In 1860. We Ran the Numbers
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTwitter/Wallace Moura/Getty Images On April 2, 2024, the claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned...