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Frederick Douglass becomes 1st Black person to get permanent bust at Massachussets statehouse
theGrio via AOL· 2 months agoDouglass’ bust was the first added in 125 years. BOSTON (AP) — A bust of famed abolitionist...
Civil rights groups denounce Donald Trump's comment that Civil War 'could have been negotiated'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCorrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the year Abraham Lincoln...
The time when Frederick Douglass visited Lafayette to lecture at a local church
Journal & Courier via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEditor's note: To celebrate Black History Month, the Journal & Courier is featuring daily briefs...
Black troops, Civil War, summer camp: Philly suburb fights for more than a community center
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHELTENHAM, Pa.— Children cut across the grass baking in afternoon sun. Parents watched them swing...
Granderson: What to Black Americans is the Fourth of July?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA Juneteenth celebration featuring re-enactors as Buffalo Soldiers. (David J. Phillip / Associated...
Detroit actor from 'Scandal' stars as Frederick Douglass in musical with Broadway potential
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs Frederick Douglass in "American Prophet," Cornelius Smith Jr. sings about the need for a national reckoning powerful enough to free the nation's enslaved people. “It is not light we need, ...
Donald Trump and Nikki Haley show us America’s ignorance about the Civil War
theGrio via AOL· 3 months agoOPINION: Two Republican candidates for president provided further proof that American history has...
Filmed in Georgia: Savannah-shot 'Glory' provided moving insight into Black soldiers in Civil War
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"Glory" is the story of Black soldiers under Union arms enlisted to defeat the Confederacy during...
Tributes to influential African Americans abound in Indianapolis. Why not visit a few?
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoIndianapolis is filled with salutes to influential Black Americans. Here’s a look at some of the...
Five things to know about Rubber City's 'The Agitators'
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe docudrama "The Agitators" at Rubber City Theatre, theater in residence at the University of Akron, is such a beautifully intimate and educational exploration of the extraordinary, long-standing ...
