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Slavery Abolition

The 18th year: The children of a post-Sept. 11 world become adults whose lives have been shaped by an event they don’t remember Slavery Abolition

The 18th year: The children of a post-Sept. 11 world become adults whose lives have been shaped by an event they don’t remember

In 1951, as the Cold War ramped up and American soldiers died in a bloody hot war in Korea that began when communist North Korea invaded non-Communist, pro-America South Korea, Hollywood released a movie called The Day the Earth Stood Still. Its plot involve…
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September 7, 2019
Jane Addams (1860) Slavery Abolition

Jane Addams (1860)

Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was a pioneer settlement worker, founder of Hull House in Chicago, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace. Beside presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow W…
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September 6, 2019
Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech Slavery Abolition

Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech

A newly uncovered speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered in 1967 sounds curiously like the civil rights icon is speaking about current-day conditions as he preaches about underfunded schools, the wage gap, white backlash against black progress and the…
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September 5, 2019
Cynthia Erivo Weathers ‘Harriet’ Controversy To Bring An American Hero To Life: “I Want People To See Her” – Toronto Slavery Abolition

Cynthia Erivo Weathers ‘Harriet’ Controversy To Bring An American Hero To Life: “I Want People To See Her” – Toronto

It’s been almost a year since Cynthia Erivo first stepped into Harriet Tubman’s shoes in Harriet—a biopic about the historical heroine who escaped slavery and freed hundreds of slaves via the Underground Railroad. And it’s almost a year, too, since Erivo firs…
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September 5, 2019