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New slavery curriculum in Florida is latest in century of 'undermining history'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn 1918, prominent American historian Ulrich Bonnell Phillips framed institutional slavery as a...
On This Day, Nov. 7: Richard Nixon re-elected
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoChief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Warren Burger (R) administers the oath of office to incumbent President Richard Milhous Nixon (L) for his second...
DeKalb historian explores legacy of "African Americans of St. Lawrence County"
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 10—DEKALB — It was at a parent-teacher conference that Bryan S. Thompson realized something was amiss when it came to recording and documenting Black history in St. Lawrence County: there ...
Delaware forcibly sterilized her mother. She's now ready to share the state's dark secret.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn August of 1930, Ethel Benson was institutionalized into the Delaware Colony for the Feeble Minded...
Black pioneer spirit lives on in Nicodemus, amid efforts to create visitors center
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was nearly 150 years ago, in a sunbaked corner of Kansas, that one of the first western towns built by and for Black settlers took shape. Called Nicodemus, it became a magnet after the Civil ...
18 vintage photos show how high schools have changed in the US
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHigh-school students attend a typing class in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1965.Afro American...
Child Mortality In The U.S. Should Be Going Down, But It’s Rising. Here’s Why.
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThanks to decades of scientific advances, we have the ability to save the lives of infants born...
Why Hogle Zoo, after 107 years, is bidding a fond (and reluctant) adieu to its elephants
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHogle Zoo president Doug Lund looks over elephant mother Christie and daughter Zuri at the zoo in...
Coronado Motel in Pueblo recognized for role in African American travel
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 19—The owners of the Coronado Motel in Pueblo don't spend on advertising. Guests who stay at the lodge return, charmed by the historic Pueblo-style building. Details Each Sunday this month ...
Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in women’s rights desert; here’s what life was like then
New Hampshire Bulletin via Yahoo News· 1 week agoDora Juhl, a 15-year-old teenager, walked into Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido’s obstetrical practice in...