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Today in History: December 6, 13th Amendment abolishing slavery is ratified
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoToday in History Today is Wednesday, Dec. 6, the 340th day of 2023. There are 25 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ...
The weight of the past: A guide to the constitutional amendments on Alabama's November ballot
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoConstitutional amendments by their nature aim to fix problems or shortcomings in a governing...
You Can't Talk About Trump's Georgia Case Without Talking About Racism
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAs the final bars of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” filled the room, former President Donald...
On This Day, Aug. 26: 19th Amendment goes into effect
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMore than 25,000 women take to New York City's Fifth Avenue on October 23, 1915, advocating for...
Opinion: Why March 2 is the true birthday of modern America
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn March 2, 1867, Congress abolished the governments of the Confederate states and forced them to...
A Miami-Dade man, 83, believes his father was among the last Americans born into slavery
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWilbur Bell, 83, believes he is a living son of slavery in America. Family history has Bell’s...
Juneteenth Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year 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 ...
Opinion | Legal Scholars Say the 14th Amendment Bars Trump From Office. Here’s What History Says.
Politico via Yahoo News· 10 months agoEarly last year, University of Baltimore law professor Kim Wehle raised an intriguing legal question in POLITICO Magazine concerning Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for elected office: Could ...
Slavery, involuntary servitude rejected by 4 states' voters
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVoters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to...
Trump was disqualified from Colorado’s 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment. What that means and...
Yahoo News· 6 months agoColorado's Supreme Court just banned former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state's...