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The Illiberalism at America’s Core
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 34 minutes agoFor much of the twentieth century, the American right was suspiciously absent from historians’ grand narratives of the United States. In the early Cold...
Directors of 2 Milwaukee Black history museums share important parts of Wisconsin's history
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFebruary is Black History Month, and Milwaukee has two institutions dedicated to preserving the...
Did the Confederates have a point, kind of? Here's a hint: not really
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRobert E Lee statue removal Eze Amos/Getty Images There’s no doubt that Australian law professor...
Politicians seek to control classroom discussions about slavery in the US
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Texas law says slavery cannot be taught as part of the 'true founding' of the United States. Tamir...
A 1787 federal law forbade slavery in Ohio, but African Americans here still faced abuses
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe history of African-Americans in Columbus and central Ohio is a long and complex story....
In the mountains of Northern Mexico, descendants of formerly enslaved people have celebrated...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA woman stands in El Nacimiento de los Negros.Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty...
Juneteenth and Black America’s Love of Horses
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth and Black America’s Love of HorsesBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI - Getty Images Each year, Black people across the United States observe June 19—the day...
International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., pays new respect to the enslaved Africans...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOne of the exhibits of notable Black people on display at International African American Museum....
The tragic story of the Battle of Negro Fort
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPlantation owners swapped lurid tales of armed fugitive slaves running wild and fomenting rebellion. They soon lobbied Washington to eradicate the...
Furor and conflicting views continue over Haley’s statement about origin of Civil War | Opinion
The State via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMissing history? Concerning the furor directed at Nikki Haley for answering a question about the...
