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For Juneteenth: Inspiring Reads by Black Authors

Juneteenth

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By The History Reader As of January 1, 1863, all enslaved people in the United States…
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Celebrating Black History Month in 2021

by The History Reader

Black History Month was originally created half a century after the abolition…
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Jeremiah Hamilton: Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire

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by Shane White Jeremiah Hamilton: Prince of Darkness At a little after ten o’clock on Tuesday…
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New York’s First Black Firefighters

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By Ginger Adams Otis Black Firefighters It’s no secret that FDNY firefighters are among the best…
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Shedding the Mythology of the Good Slaveholder

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By Chris Tomlinson Tomlinson Hill is the stunning story of two families—one white, one black—who trace their…
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What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?

by Tore C. Olsson

In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that…
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Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”

by Heath Hardage Lee

As spring came to Washington in 1972, there was little rest for…
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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About

by Tore C. Olsson

Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all the works ever written…
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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives

by Kathleen Sheppard

Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted

by Tom Clavin

This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World

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David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?

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by Tom Clavin

One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day

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by Tom Clavin

As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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