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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...
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· 4 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...
16 women throughout history who famously fought for equality
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoAs a tribute, women covered women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony's tombstone with "I Voted"...
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....
'Disgusting': MLK monument vandalized in Denver park during Black History Month
ABC News via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoA monument honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., created by the nation's first African American...
Will Smith's Civil War-era drama 'Emancipation' was inspired by the true story of an enslaved man...
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoWill Smith plays Peter in "Emancipation."AppleTV "Emancipation" premiered in select theaters on...
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...
Four historical figures who you may not know had a disability
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoWhen we look back over years past, whose achievements make it into the history books? There are...