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On This Day in History - April 27th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 2 days agoOn April 27, 1994, Virginia executed a condemned killer, Timothy Spencer, in the first case in which...
Doris Kearns Goodwin and husband Dick Goodwin lived, observed, created and chronicled the 1960s
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 days agoKennedy and Johnson, and several would-be presidents, including Eugene McCarthy and Robert F...Love Story” makes clear, he was more than a pen for hire.
Environmental stalwart Stewart Udall celebrated in new documentary
Crosscut· 5 days agoThe former Secretary of the Interior helped establish the Pacific Crest Trail, four national parks –...
He missed a chance to be the first Black astronaut. Now, at 90, he's going into space
NPR· 4 days agoThat's when President John F. Kennedy — eager to link his administration's push for civil rights to...
Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents
WKBT La Crosse· 6 days agoThe closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black...
Supreme Court justices say Trump immunity decision will have ‘huge implications’ for America’s...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNixon appealed to a lower federal court, claiming he had immunity from civil liability. When the...
Today in History: Final Unabomber-linked killing
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoMurray. In 1915, in what’s considered the start of the Armenian genocide, the Ottoman Empire began rounding up Armenian political and cultural leaders in...
CT man was expelled from high school 50 years ago. Why he wants his diploma and to set record...
Hartford Courant· 6 days agoNearly 60 years ago, Gerald “Mike” Fothergill walked out of high school in response to the...
The history of student protests at Atlanta’s HBCUs
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 3 days agoWhat’s clear is Morehouse and Atlanta’s other historically Black colleges and universities have a long tradition of participating in social justice...
37 Memorial Day Quotes to Honor Our National Heroes
Best Life· 4 days agoMemorial Day was first established in 1868 to commemorate the lives of the soldiers killed during the Civil War. Also known as "Decoration Day," the...