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Post-Election Racial Hate: Investigations Launched Over Racist Texts Referencing ‘Slave Catchers’ and ‘Picking Cotton’ Across U.S. | WATCH
The text messages hark back to the era from the early 17th century to the end of the Civil War in 1865, when millions of ...
Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins
Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” ...
Authorities work to find the source of racist texts sent to Black people nationwide after the election. Here’s what we know
Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country ...
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A Dark Reminder of What American Society Has Been and Could Be Again
How an obsessive hatred of immigrants and people of color and deep-seated fears about the empowerment of women led to the ...
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The Battle of Vicksburg
This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of ...
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The Battle of Antietam
On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...
These 10 states are voting on abortion ballot measures in the 2024 election
More than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters in 10 states are deciding whether their state ...
Can one election end democracy? It actually happened once.
How an insurrection, fake electors and a right-wing “stop the steal” movement overturned an election and led to the end of American democracy.
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A Forgotten Eyewitness to Civil-Rights-Era Mississippi
As resistance to integration mounted, Florence Mars bought a camera and began to photograph thousands of subjects, including ...