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We mark Black History Month with a series of blog articles recalling some of the important people and events in African American history.
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All this month fifteeneightyfour is celebrating Black History Month with a series of articles exploring the lives of some of the most important people in African-American history.
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How will history record the actions and claims of contemporary political parties? One of those parties might eventually be described as: “The movement that arose in response to an influx of migrants, and promised to “purify” American politics by limiting or ending the influence of immigrants, thus reflecting nativist and anti-Moslem sentiment. It was empowered […]
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John Anthony Copeland, Jr. was a heroic figure at the center of John Brown's fight against slavery and his raid on Harper's Ferry, but he is just a footnote in most accounts of the momentous raid. Steven Lubet, the author of The "Colored Hero" of Harper's Ferry, talks about what his decision to bring Copeland's narrative to light and the surprising discoveries he made along the way.
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Take a peek inside The "Colored Hero" of Harper's Ferry, the story of John Anthony Copeland, Jr. and his role in the fight for U.S. emancipation.
Read MoreSteven Lubet’s The “Colored Hero” of Harper’s Ferry reveals the incredible untold story of a 25-year-old black man, born free in North Carolina and committed to the abolitionist cause, who was at the center of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry and, inevitably, the national fight for emancipation. He fought bravely at Harper’s Ferry, only to be captured […]
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This week will mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The American bombings effectively ended the Second World War, killed over 100,000 people, and raised complicated questions about nuclear weapons and the limits of war. In an excerpt from his book The Most Controversial Decision, Wilson D. Miscamble explores the complicated legacy of those events.
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