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In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSlave-owning US presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison, as well as leaders...
How Far Back Were Africans Inoculating Against Smallpox? Really Far Back.
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAn 1884 oil painting by Eugène Ernest Hillemacher depicts English physician and scientist Edward...
New ‘Africa Fashion’ Book Does Much More Than Adorn the Coffee Table
WWD via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere are fashion coffee table books, and then there are books that may land on coffee tables, but...
100 years of radio in Africa: from propaganda to people’s power
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRadio is thriving across Africa. Exact figures are difficult to come by because audience research...
Man of history: 'Sanford-Springvale was very lucky' to have the late Harland Eastman
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSANFORD, Maine — Harland Eastman, the man who loved the history of his hometown of Sanford, is now...
Connecting Juneteenth, Monroe and Monrovia, Liberia
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth, also known as Black Independence Day, celebrates the day on June 19, 1865, when all slaves were made aware of the Emancipation Proclamation,...
NC Museum of Art’s reinstallation means pieces have moved around. Here’s a breakdown.
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoThe reinstallation at the N.C. Museum of Art resulted in changes in both the older East Building and...
Rewriting colonial history: DNA from Delaware graves tells unexpected story of pioneer life
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn the 17th century, life along what would become the Delaware coast included European families...
Shedding light on the little-known history of New Goree, Bristol's free Black neighborhood
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoBRISTOL – As she crosses the Town Common and makes her way up Wood Street, Lynn Smith points out one...
The deadliest viruses in history
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInfluenza is one of the deadliest viruses in the world Humans have been fighting viruses since the species has existed. For some viral diseases, vaccines...