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Slaves and Trail of Tears doesn't move Titusville to rename Andrew Jackson Middle School
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn 18-month process to potentially change the name of Andrew Jackson Middle School is nearing its...
Jackson council voted to remove the Andrew Jackson statue in 2020. Why is it still standing?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBack in 2020, the Jackson City Council voted to remove the statue of seventh president Andrew...
Get rid of the Andrew Jackson statues — and there’s a creative fix with his name, too | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 11 months agoI was thinking: Why should we continue to honor our county’s namesake, President Andrew Jackson?...
Meet Howard Kittell, CEO of The Andrew Jackson Foundation and The Hermitage
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAn insurgent candidate for U.S. president ran as a disruptor and accused the federal government of...
Ron DeSantis, Andrew Jackson: More like than what we think
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 12 months agoGov. Ron DeSantis is not the first Florida governor to run for the highest office in the land....
Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and perpetrator of the...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJoel Roberts Poinsett is given credit for bringing the popular red and green plant to the U.S....
Trail of Tears to a Tribal Nations Summit: The White House's role in Native American history
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBefore there was a White House, Native American tribes such as the Nacotchtank and Patawomeke lived...
Legacy Of The Trail Of Tears Complicating Bid For Cherokee Representation In House
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. at the announcement in August 2019 that the tribe...
This Day in History — May 28, 1830, Andrew Jackson Signs Indian Removal Act
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn this day in 1830, 193 years ago, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. The Act...
Presidential greatness is rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes on racial injustice and...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA statue of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, sits in the Lincoln Memorial...