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Presidents Day: It’s not just a day for an appliance sale. So who does it celebrate? Lincoln or Washington? Slavery Abolition

Presidents Day: It’s not just a day for an appliance sale. So who does it celebrate? Lincoln or Washington?

This Monday, take a few moments to think about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  We used to observe individual dates devoted to both of those famous presidents who remain among the most exalted to hold the office. And leading up to their birthdays, students in schools often spent time learning about…
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February 19, 2023
Why Abe Lincoln Deserves His Own Day: Infrastructure = Economic Progress Slavery Abolition

Why Abe Lincoln Deserves His Own Day: Infrastructure = Economic Progress

(Illustration by Ed Vebell/Getty Images) Getty Images Abraham Lincoln richly deserves his own day instead of getting mashed into the employer-convenient “President's Day.” Doubtless he deserves his own holiday as a martyr fighting to preserve the union, promoting economic equality and laying the groundwork for the slavery-ending 13th, 14th and…
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February 18, 2023
Opinion: Remembering the origins of International Women’s Day is key to our feminism today Slavery Abolition

Opinion: Remembering the origins of International Women’s Day is key to our feminism today

The clothes we wear are what connects women everywhere, says Grace Forrest, the founding director of Walk Free, an international human rights group working to eradicate modern slavery. Ahead of International Women’s Day, she reflects on how feminism must include the women who make our clothes In just a few…
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February 14, 2023
WUT and LOL: Nikole Hanna-Jones asks about Thomas Sowell’s expertise in slavery and history. Slavery Abolition

WUT and LOL: Nikole Hanna-Jones asks about Thomas Sowell’s expertise in slavery and history.

Nikole Hanna-Jones, author of The 1619 Project is pretty well-known to Twitchy readers for saying really stupid stuff and today is no different. She initially tried to dunk on FOX News for writing about a different silly tweet, but that is not the stupid part! The stupid comes in when…
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February 11, 2023
Alabama Teens Stage Walkout Over Alleged Censorship Of Black History Month Program Slavery Abolition

Alabama Teens Stage Walkout Over Alleged Censorship Of Black History Month Program

Students at an Alabama high school are taking a stand against administrators allegedly trying to whitewash their institution’s Black History Month program. An Administrator Allegedly ‘Felt Uncomfortable’ About Slavery & Civil Rights Being Included ABC 33/40 reports that the situation unfolded earlier this week at Hillcrest High School over in Tuscaloosa, as over…
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February 10, 2023
Why Ireland 'should not be overlooked' for Famine reparations from the UK Slavery Abolition

Why Ireland 'should not be overlooked' for Famine reparations from the UK

Ireland 'should not be overlooked' for reparations from Britain in relation to the Great Famine. That's according to historical novelist Katherine Mezzacappa, who was speaking as BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan recently donated stg£100,000 (€112,665) and apologised to the island of Grenada for her family's involvement in slavery. She is a…
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February 8, 2023
Black history producing groundbreaking works as states limit it in schools Slavery Abolition

Black history producing groundbreaking works as states limit it in schools

Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios. Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Red states are limiting Black history lessons in public schools at the same time scholars are producing groundbreaking new works around art, slavery, civil rights, and the Great Migration. Why it matters: A work on Black history has won a National Book Award…
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February 6, 2023
WWII sex slavery victims in Philippines urge Japan to recognize war crimes Slavery Abolition

WWII sex slavery victims in Philippines urge Japan to recognize war crimes

MANILA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Surviving Filipino women sexually enslaved by Japan's World War II military on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to acknowledge its war crimes, resolve the "comfort women" issue, and stop "warmongering." "It is very unjust on the part of the Japanese government to continue ignoring the…
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February 1, 2023