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After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
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The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom
One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...
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Flag on government websites not Trump’s nod to the Confederacy. It’s been used since 2017
The flag icon has been used on government sites since 2017, said a spokesperson for the General Services Association, which guides federal website standards. The flag had only nine stars because of ...
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Some state lawmakers are again trying to remove a tax break for Confederate groups
The Civil War happened more than 160 years ago. But members of the General Assembly are still trying to untangle some of the ...
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An honorable man
During Black History month it is only right to pay tribute to a man having the distinction of being the only black Rhea ...
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For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for
Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania (THE CONVERSATION) In October 2023, nearly seven years after the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally, the statue of Confederate General Robert .
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Letter: U.S. military should not be saluting Confederate generals
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have voiced support for renaming military bases for Confederate generals. In the years following the Civil War, Fort Bragg, Fort Polk, Fort ...