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Doing Right Is Hard When Doing Wrong Is Profitable
Bloomberg· 3 days agoThe 17th-century Dutch were quite aware that slavery was pernicious and dove in anyway. Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business,...
Civil War relics of Gen. William T. Sherman up for auction, bidding begins Tuesday
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“Many attribute Sherman’s victory with the Atlantic campaign and March to the Sea with allowing...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, reflects on life of activism, community
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoAn intimate crowd gathered at Southern Methodist University on Thursday to hear from Opal Lee, known...
1863 Ventures' Melissa Bradley Gets Honored For Her Work In Financially Empowering Black Founders |...
Essence· 1 day agoMelissa Bradley broke barriers when in 2016, she launched 1863 Ventures, an investment firm bridging...
Marshall native, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' gets Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Marshall News Messenger· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden on May 3 bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people, including...
Great Explorers: John C. Fremont
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSkilled explorer or overreaching dilettante? Crusading abolitionist or violent murderer? General with the soul of a country on his mind? Or self-centered...
FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS, PARTS 1, 2 & 3 Comes to Quintessence Theatre
Broadway World· 6 days agoParks was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2022. Inspired by Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, ‘Father Comes Home’ flips the Civil War narrative of North vs. South, Confederacy vs. Union ...
Juneteenth icon Opal Lee receives SMU honorary doctorate
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 3 days agoCivil rights icon Opal Lee received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from SMU at the university’s May 11 commencement ceremony.
These Fort Worth treasures have landed on list of city’s ‘endangered places’
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 7 days agoWithout preservation, Fort Worth could have lost gems like the Stockyards, Public Market and Ridglea Theater.