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Noteworthy and influential people who've died this year
Other notable death in April include basketball Hall of Famer Dick Barnett, “Dennis the Menace” star Jay North, former ...
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A Complicated History: Confederate Memorial Day and honoring the slaves who lived and died in Hancock County
More than 160 years after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, echoes of the Civil ...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department opened a wave of cases in the 1960s, after Congress unleashed the department to go after schools that ...
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Mass Grave of Slaughtered Black Civil War Soldiers Possibly Located
Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On ...
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Central Mississippi’s unique military sites from Civil War to today
Mississippi is a state with an abundance of military history, especially in Central Mississippi. Many of the area’s most ...
Today is Confederate Memorial Day. Why does MS still celebrate it, and what does it mean?
Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...
Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice
Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...
North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe sees long-sought recognition as closer than ever
As this week’s deadline looms for a report ordered by President Donald Trump, many Lumbee people believe the federal ...
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What Happened at Sea During the Civil War?
While most remember the land battles of the American Civil War, the conflict at sea played a crucial role. In this animated ...
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NATCHEZ READS: Three Natchez men and the Greatest American Racehorse
What are the connections between wealthy plantation owner Adam Bingaman, barber and diarist William Johnson, trainer Ben ...
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Mississippi River continues to rise as people in Vicksburg prepare
Preparation is underway in the city of Vicksburg as the Mississippi river continues to rise.The state of emergency was issued earlier this month as water from Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee head ...
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Rare Historical Photos That Show The Devastation And Reconstruction Of The American Civil War
After the American Civil War ended in April of 1865 ... This image shows buildings on the Appomattox River, near Petersburg Virginia, at the end of the Civil War. Petersburg was a major supply center ...