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'A matter of right and wrong': Amendment 3 to ban slavery from state constitution
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: This story has been updated to clarify the two-part process for constitutional...
The Emancipation Proclamation in practice: A timeline
Stacker via AOL· 5 months agoStacker describes the events after the Emancipation Proclamation leading to the full abolition of...
PolitiFact: Did Democrats want to expand slavery pre-Civil War, while Republicans opposed it?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRepublican presidential contender Nikki Haley failed to use the word “slavery” when discussing the...
Juneteenth 2023: A Supersized List of Juneteenth Books for the Entire Family
The Root via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSince the late 1800s, African Americans have celebrated Juneteenth, a commemoration of June 19,...
Voices: Expunging Trump’s impeachments is history for dummies
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe adage “History is written by the victors” is often attributed – wrongly, like so many catchy...
Worried about indoctrinating children with truth? Why not provide lots of info?
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFlorida adopted the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking program in 2019 under Gov. Ron...
‘Now is the time for Black repair’: What might reparations look like in Kansas City?
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoMickey Dean hears the argument often, particularly from white Kansas Citians, when he mentions Black...
This AI Tool is Fighting Fashion’s Uyghur Forced Labor Problem. For Free.
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn AI-powered tool designed to sniff—and snuff—out Uyghur forced labor risks in the global apparel...
Housing inequality: Black homeowners won’t catch up at this rate for over 300 years. But they could...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoThe aftermath of the 2020 racial awakening in America made it seem like corporations, politicians,...
Juneteenth Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHere is a look at Juneteenth, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, over two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved ...