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Colonial America Is a Myth
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoColonies of North America in 1776, at the United States Declaration of Independence. Statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776....
The Spirit of 1776 or 1619?
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCrystal Lucas-Perry, center, as John Adams in "1776," in which the performers identify as female, transgender and nonbinary, at the American Airlines...
Presidents Day, Meet Black History Month
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA first edition of the book "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral", by Phillis Wheatley. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty...
Charita Goshay: July 4, 1776, was only the start
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of the most important things about Independence Day is the one we most tend to forget: Freedom is not a one-and-done; it is a living, breathing gift...
As July 4th approaches, remembering a grand experiment based on 'consensus and compromise'
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 11 months ago"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by...
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...
Slavery, the Constitution and Jan. 1, 1808
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Jan. 1, 1808, a law passed by Congress and eagerly signed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 went into effect prohibiting the foreign slave trade.
Granderson: What to Black Americans is the Fourth of July?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Juneteenth celebration featuring re-enactors as Buffalo Soldiers. (David J. Phillip / Associated...
Weaponizing higher education is DeSantis' newest trick
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe war on public education continues, and Ron DeSantis is making certain that everyone knows...
York County in American Revolution: Three big anniversaries. Three chances to learn
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 10 months ago(Editor’s note: This is another in a series of occasional columns on York County’s role in the...