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Biden will speak at Morehouse commencement, an election-year spotlight in front of Black voters
Seattle Times· 5 days agoThe White House confirmed Tuesday that Biden would speak May 19 at the alma mater of civil rights...
Review | Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
Washington Post· 2 days agoA century or so ago, in an era of racial denialism, historians groped for any explanation besides...
A century-long effort to recast the Civil War
NPR· 7 days agoBut they can't because the thing about this marker and thousands of others across the country is that they are owned by private groups ...
Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong
Oregon Public Broadcasting· 7 days agoIt's an engagement party, and past the people drinking white wine in the main hall is one of < ...
On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoUnion troops hunted down John Wilkes Booth, the Confederate sympathizer who shot President Abe...
Johnson: We banned ‘divisive concepts.’ So, why do we still have Confederate holidays?
Birmingham News· 5 days agoHow did you commemorate Confederate Memorial Day? Did you invite a few family and friends over, sing...
Freedom of Speech Ends Where True Power Begins | naked capitalism
Naked Capitalism· 5 hours ago"I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice," William Lloyd Garrison once said. "On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation."
Kali Holloway, Independent Media Institute
The Raw Story· 3 days ago“In their earliest days, the United Daughters of the Confederacy definitely did some good work on behalf ...
An Evening With Author Erik Larson and More Programs in May
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoBefore Sumter: Drawing on his new book The Demon of Unrest, Erik Larson examines the chaotic months...
Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAbortions happened in Arizona, despite a near-complete abortion ban enacted in 1864. But people also...