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From:The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History (Vol. 84, Issue 5)Josiah Henson, an American slave, arrived in Canada in 1830, after a long and arduous journey. Ten years later, after moving to Dresden, Ontario, he set up a school He also gave lecture tours and wrote his...
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From:Jet (Vol. 105, Issue 22)ROSEWOOD REMEMBERED: Robie Allenetta Mortin, a survivor of the 1923 racial violence in Rosewood, FL, is comforted by Florida Rep. Ed Jennings, Jr. after Mortin's unveiling of the Rosewood, Florida Historical Marker at a...
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From:National Parks (Vol. 85, Issue 4)In 2006, Suepinda Keith decided to rekindle an old flame: cycling. She and her husband, Kevin Hicks, bought new bikes and began venturing out onto the streets of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on the weekends. Pretty...
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From:Travel Trade Gazette UK & IrelandTHE 40TH anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech is expected to spark more interest in the civil rights history of the Deep South this year. Operators report that after music, sites connected with...
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From:National Parks (Vol. 82, Issue 3)The house at 1538 9th Street lies vacant, as it has for some 30 years, secured against vandals, and abutting nondescript homes and a pizzeria. Visitors aren't yet welcome. The address is a dream behind plywood. When...
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From:Wild West (Vol. 28, Issue 3)In the late 19th century homesteaders filtered onto this patch of Colorado's southeastern plains, 8 miles south of the small Otero County town of Manzanola, though settlement didn't begin in earnest until around 1915....
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From:American History (Vol. 56, Issue 3)Following clashes in 2017 over public monuments and the commemoration of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, architectural historian Brent Leggs of the National Trust for Historic Preservation...
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From:National Parks (Vol. 79, Issue 3)Little Rock, Arkansas, September 1957. Nine African-American students report to Central High School for the first day of class. They are greeted by an angry mob of white students, parents, and local citizens who make it...
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From:Jet (Vol. 104, Issue 7)Paschal's restaurant, an Atlanta eatery that served as a meeting place for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, is scheduled to close its doors for good, much to the chagrin...
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From:Jet (Vol. 109, Issue 4)'UNCLE TOM'S CABIN' SOLD: The Montgomery County (MD) Planning Board approved the purchase of an 18th-century Rockville house and cabin where the slave who was a model for Uncle Tom's Cabin once lived. The board...
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From:National Parks (Vol. 81, Issue 2)By the time Frederick Douglass entered his 70th year, he had come quite a long way. Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Douglass escaped to freedom at the age of 20 and soon rose to prominence as a writer and speaker...
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From:Capper's (Vol. 125, Issue 15)Born into slavery, Mike and Phoebe -- who never had last names -- were buried among other slaves in unmarked graves scattered deep in a pine forest in Snow Hill, Ala. The hillside cemetery was lost under dense...
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From:Hollywood Reporter (Vol. 384, Issue 28)Bank of America said Tuesday that it will put up more than $21 million to help revive the landmark Apollo Theater in Harlem. The bank said it will provide more than $20 million in an equity and bridge financing, with...
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From:American History (Vol. 50, Issue 5)Since the murders of nine African-American worshippers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17 by a young man touting white supremacy and pictured online holding a Confederate flag, public officials have...