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The history of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDetail from the first sheet music publication of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” | Wikimedia Commons Francis Scott Key watched as the Battle of Baltimore...
White House history can't be rewritten: How early presidents failed enslaved people
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMany of America’s early political leaders benefitted directly and indirectly from slavery. Eleven of...
Push continues to document, memorialize enslaved Africans buried near Lazaretto Creek
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis commentary was written by Julia Pearce, co-founder and coordinator of the Tybee MLK Human...
Civil rights groups push to rename Baltimore bridge because of namesake's links to slavery
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCivil rights groups have voted to petition Maryland's government to rename the Francis Scott Key...
Rep. Lauren Boebert raged against historic performance of 'Black national anthem' at the Super Bowl
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRep. Lauren Boebert appeared to object to Sheryl Lee Ralph's performance of "Lift Every Voice and...
Who was Francis Scott Key, whose namesake bridge fell? His poem became ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
WFLA via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA major bridge that collapsed in Baltimore after getting hit by a ship is named for Francis Scott...
Who is Francis Scott Key? What to know about the namesake of collapsed Baltimore bridge
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed Tuesday into the Patapsco River after...
New book delves into the remarkable life of an enslaved man who lived in Wilmington
Star News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNorth Carolina might be more closely associated with the Grand Ole Opry than with grand opera. This...
Pink-slipped professor shows politics again intruding in Palm Beach Atlantic's classrooms
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPalm Beach Atlantic University was born from political turmoil. Its founder, Dr. Jess Moody,...
Our newest U.S. Poet Laureate shows us how to be Americans together
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoWith unforgettable poems such as “Instructions on Not Giving Up” and “American Pharoah,” it was no...