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What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 3 weeks agoBorn into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of the leading abolitionists in America....
In 1871, the US almost acquired the Dominican Republic. President Ulysses S. Grant hoped that 'the...
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoCrowd of soldiers inside fort as a part of an annexation demonstration, Santo Domingo, Dominican...
Opinion: Donald Trump’s Totally Unverified but Not Utterly Impossible VP Short List
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News UK· 1 week agoIt may be all over but the waiting.Donald Trump’s announcement that his nominee for vice president...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News UK· 2 weeks agoJune 19 (or Juneteenth) is considered Black Independence Day by many in the United States, as it was the day that many enslaved people in Texas were...
Sweet Quotes About Dads for Your Father's Day Card
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhether you're their child or spouse, it's not easy finding the right words to say for Dad. This Father's Day, share these heartfelt quotes he'll love,...
‘Power’ tackles the politics that shape policing from its origins through the present
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoTackling a complicated subject in a provocative way, “Power” looks at the historical factors that...
Why can’t America have high speed rail? Because our investment is a ‘rounding error’ compared with...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 months agoAcross the world, high-speed trains zip from city to city, sometimes topping 250 miles per hour...
Beyond the Met Gala Theme, Art Is About the Passage of TIme
Time via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoOn Monday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will host its annual Met Gala, a world-renowned fundraiser...
Modern Far-Right Terrorism Repeats Reconstruction-Era Themes
Time via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoStreet memorials of flowers, candles, and messages surrounded the Tops supermarket where a racist...
New York establishes commission on slavery reparations
United Press International via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill to create a reparations committee on Tuesday. File Photo by...