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What happened to these Kansas counties and why do they no longer exist?
KSNT Topeka via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTOPEKA (KSNT) – Some Kansas counties haven’t stood the test of time, so what happened to them? The...
What to America is John Brown?
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCapture of John Brown in the engine house The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images On December 2, 1859, the United States saw its first execution...
History Suggests the Impact of Not Drinking Can Reach Far Beyond 'Dry January'
Time via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCredit - Henrik Sorensen—Getty Images As February looms, it’s worth considering whether New Year’s...
Abolition, women's rights sparked change in Elmira churches in 19th century
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe “Burned-Over District” refers to the western and central regions of New York State in the early...
A paper-mache severed head? Arizonans go to Mexico to celebrate Crabb Massacre
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAt the annual April 6 parade in Caborca, Mexico, a Prescott Sister Cities float features a...
Op-Ed: California's never-ending secessionist movement — and its grim ties to slavery in the state
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSan Bernardino County may explore seceding from California. Many of the earliest separatists wanted...
In South Carolina, Biden compares Trump movement to ex-Confederate ‘lost cause’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMr Biden warned parishioners at historic Mother Emanuel AME Church that Donald Trump’s election...
All-White Virginia School Board Tried to Be Slick, Bringing Back Proslavery Names to Piss Black...
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAn all-white, local Virginia school board must think they’re slick because they just voted to roll...
Georgia county refuses to change Confederate street names
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCity leaders on the outskirts of Atlanta declined to pass a new measure that would replace streets...
Savannah considers Black people and women for city square to replace name of slavery advocate
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNine months after leaders of Georgia's oldest city stripped the name of a pro-slavery U.S. vice...