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Tossing Lines: Making sense of Col. Ledyard, hero and slaveholder
The Day· 7 hours agoColonel William Ledyard may have freed his slave, Jordan Freeman, now honored with a stone memorial...
‘The Demon of Unrest’ Review: The Seeds of Civil War
The Wall Street Journal· 3 hours agoThe arrival of a new Erik Larson book is a genuine event, a feast of historical insight and narrative verve even when it focuses on a twice- or...
Cancel culture? Teacher’s anti-KKK speech pushed out of Kansas county building | Opinion
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoJohn Band, which played “Onward Christian Soldiers,” “America” and other selections before Hanger’s...
The History Of The Oldest Black Community In Europe
Black America Web· 3 days agoLiverpool is home to England’s oldest Black community. Dating back to the city’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade between the 17th and 19th...
The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 (So Far)
Esquire via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoIn this outstanding biography, the author uncovers countless sides of his complicated subject to construct “the complete man.” From Fleming’s youth spent...
To be a Black man in America
Daily Montanan via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe summer after the world witnessed the brutal beating of Rodney King, I and a group of friends made our way to a nightclub in the southern part of Dade...
We Can Thank The British For This Common Barbecue Technique
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBarbecue might not seem like a distinctly British cooking style, and it isn't, by and large, but we...
Let’s Not Do Another Civil War if We Can Help It, OK?
New York Times· 5 days agoAs we approach this November’s presidential election, “blood bath” is quickly becoming one of Donald...
Young crafts road map for Senate action on artificial intelligence
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 6 days ago"Our goal is to ensure the United States maintains its leadership in AI innovation," said U.S. Sen....
A history of boiled peanuts and why Alabama has a marker dedicated to them
Birmingham News· 1 day agoThe Hungry for History program is offers grants for markers that highlight food history “by telling...
