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The formerly enslaved lawmaker who warned about rewriting Black history
Washington Post· 1 hour agoBorn into slavery on a plantation in Louisiana, he was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation in...
Inside Orioles owner David Rubenstein's business ventures with $3.9b net worth
The US Sun· 6 days agoBILLIONAIRE businessman David Rubenstein owns the Magna Carta, the Emancipation Proclamation - and...
I SEE U, Episode 116: America’s Legalized Corruption with Legal Scholar Mehrsa Baradaran | Houston...
Houston Public Media· 12 hours agoFast-forward more than 160 years to today, Black households currently have a total wealth of just...
Detroit's Civil War history, uncovered - WDET 101.9 FM
WDET-FM Detroit· 15 hours agoIn 1863, as the Civil War raged on, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation ...
On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoUnion troops hunted down John Wilkes Booth, the Confederate sympathizer who shot President Abe...
Lara Trump Says RNC Poll Watchers Will ‘Physically Handle The Ballots,’ Which They Are Not Allowed...
Black America Web· 17 hours agoLast week, we reported that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said it plans to deploy more than...
One Way America Can Meaningfully Address Poverty
Time via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoOver forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines. The crisis of the...
Juneteenth celebration scheduled for Willoughby Park
The Daily Dunklin Democrat· 2 days agoTanesha Lemons has a passion for celebrating cultural heritage and fostering community engagement. The Kennett native is in the process of organizing a Juneteenth celebration event. “I’ve been ...
Correcting the record on reparations with Trymaine Lee
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHe wanted to free enslaved people in the District [Washington, D.C.]. This was a year before the ...
Opinion: Republicans have become 'de facto White Party' by rejecting multiracial democracy
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHowever, we should recognize there have been other important “beginnings” since then. Certainly, an...