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US history is complex. Scholars say this is the right way to teach about slavery, racism.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Houston teenager preternaturally keen on research and activism was at home this summer, searching...
WSB-TV 75: Looking back at coverage of Stone Mountain
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChannel 2 Action News is celebrating the 75th anniversary of WSB-TV and looking back at some of the...
Civil rights giant Bernard Lafayette kicks off new Belmont-Fisk Social Justice Collaborative
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSleeping on the floor of the Birmingham bus station, the Rev. Bernard Lafayette Jr. was awakened...
‘The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic’ Review: The Dream That Died
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoBOOKSHELF In 1872 John Lynch became the first African-American from Mississippi to be elected to the...
'The Blues Society': The story behind the new documentary about Memphis Blues Festivals
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn July 21, 1966, the Ku Klux Klan held a rally in Overton Park. The chief speaker was Imperial...
Fact Check: MLK Jr., Coretta Scott King and Julia Roberts Have This Unique Connection
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGetty Images Claim: In 1967, Julia Roberts’ parents couldn’t afford the hospital bill for her birth...
Julia Roberts says Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill for her...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn honor of Julia Roberts’ 55th birthday, fans are recirculating the unbelievable historical fact...
Julia Roberts Reflects On Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King Paying Bill For Her Birth
VIBE via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs Julia Roberts celebrated her birthday, fans on social media learned more about how that day came...
Bridges history column: Influential Houston businessman Jesse H. Jones, part 1
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSuccess in business is often a combination of timing, determination, and imagination. One Houston...
The "Great Replacement Theory" Was Never "Fringe"
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn rereading The Great Gatsby earlier this year, I came upon a passage that I had not noticed, or understood, when I first encountered this F. Scott...