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Col. Lafayette Jones Jr. remembered as instrumental in preserving one of the earliest free Black...
Daily Press· 11 hours agoA cousin of Col. Lafayette Jones Jr. remembered him as a disruptor. Dozens of people attended a...
Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLike millions of other Blacks during the first half of the 20th Century, legendary baseball player...
The Martha Graham School Will Host Teens Dance Graham Program This Month
Broadway World· 17 hours agoThe Teens Dance Graham program will feature some of Martha Graham's great modernist innovations in...
Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day agoOne of the most fateful documents of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency — and in all of American history — will go on public display this week at the legendary Illinoisan’s namesake museum in Springfield ...
Lara Trump Says RNC Poll Watchers Will ‘Physically Handle The Ballots,’ Which They Are Not Allowed...
Black America Web· 5 days agoLast week, we reported that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said it plans to deploy more than...
Iowa politicians are still trying to teach history to your children
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 days agoRepublicans in the Iowa Legislature are determined to meddle in your kid’s classroom. The House and...
Memphis residents say environmental racism prompted pollution ‘cesspool,' wreaking havoc
USA Today· 2 days agoClarification: This article was updated on May 1, 2024, to specify which substances leaked into the...
On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering...
AOL· 6 days agoOn this day in history, April 26, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was killed when Union soldiers tracked him down to a farm in Virginia 12 days after he fatally ...
Memphis residents say environmental racism prompted pollution ‘cesspool,' wreaking havoc
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThat campaign, which received public support from former Vice President Al Gore and actress-activist Jane Fonda, succeeded. After the ethylene oxide danger surfaced in 2022...
Tourist agency sponsoring Juneteenth speech contest
The Herald, Sharon, Pa. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoApr. 26—FARRELL — A $2,000 Mercer County Tourist Promotion Agency grant aims to motivate youngsters to speak up for Juneteenth celebrations. The grant was awarded to Farrell schools to host ...