A picturesque Georgia island with a violent history of racial injustice
St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia, is a paradise of beaches, golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and nature ...
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it “blatantly ...
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‘History humanizes experiences:’ Students examine enduring legacies of Civil Rights Movement
Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with ...
'Go back to Africa'? Before the pilgrims and Jefferson, we were here | Opinion
“Before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently wrote. “Before the pen of ...
5 key moments in Northwest Louisiana’s civil rights history
The following five stories are a great place to start if you’re interested in learning about historic places, people and events that are tied to Shreveport and connected to the American ...
Trump isn’t the first to upend the federal workforce because of race
President Woodrow Wilson facilitated the segregation of a diverse federal workforce, where Black and White professionals had been working together for years.
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod Bethune ...
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Unknown civil rights hero paved the way for MLK
I can’t believe Denzel Washington hasn’t played one particular early civil rights hero in a movie yet. I also can’t believe ...
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1,772 Black South African servicemen who died in WWI finally honored
After more than a century of neglect, 1,772 Black South African servicemen who died in World War I have finally been honored with a memorial in Cape Town. These men, members of the Cape Town Labor ...
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KS4 / GCSE History: World War One - West African troops in the French army
Amadou Sar was one of over 120,000 West Africans recruited by France during the war. One of the country ... The experience of African American soldiers in Europe in WW1. videoThe experience ...
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‘American Decline’ Will End, Trump Says on Eve of Inauguration
Trump told supporters “four long years of American decline ... of executive orders during his first days in office, including one to strip job protections from career civil servants, his ...
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UNSUNG HEROES: On the trail of the U.S. Colored Troops in Vicksburg
By Jim Beaugez Under cover of darkness during the early hours of June 7, 1863, an army of 1,500 Confederate troops approached ...