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Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 weeks agoMany students say they aren’t learning much about slavery beyond its harsh conditions. A historian...
What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 3 weeks agoThe image of a kneeling person in chains was first used in a seal commissioned by the Committee for...
Here’s what I tell teachers about how to teach young students about slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoFew issues are as difficult to deal with in the classroom as slavery in the US. Here, a professor...
Statue unveiled at the site where Sojourner Truth gave her 1851 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoTruth, a formerly enslaved person, delivered the speech to a crowd gathered at the Universalist Old...
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Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoVTEC and Ivy Tech Valparaiso Host Second Graduation The partnership between Vocational Training and Empowerment Center (VTEC) and Ivy Tech continues to produce certified graduates, a release ...
The hidden meanings behind photographer Nona Faustine’s nude self-portraits
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNona Faustine’s self-portrait series, “White Shoes,” highlights the city’s historic role in the...
A new generation of readers embraces bell hooks' 'All About Love'
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoIn the summer of 2022, Emma Goodwin was getting over a breakup and thinking hard about her life and...
Stolen MLK statue art recovered from scrap yard: Police
ABC News via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoThree bronze artworks thieves pried off a Denver monument of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Bronze pieces from MLK memorial in Denver recovered after being sold for scrap
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoThree bronze artworks stolen from a Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in City Park in Denver, along with seven bronze pieces taken from a nearby fountain, were recovered after being sold ...
A sculpture by Jeff Koons has become the first 'authorized' artwork on the moon
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoJeff Koons with "Rabbit."Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images Artist Jeff Koons has been hailed...