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Seven years after the Florida Legislature approved a memorial recognizing the tragedy of slavery for the grounds of the ...
Seven years after the Florida Legislature approved a memorial recognizing the tragedy of slavery for the grounds of the ...
Two years after national apologies for slavery were made by the king and prime minister, campaigners and politicians at a ...
Members of Florida Legislature had no clue the "Circle of Chains" slavery memorial was installed - or completed - seven years after approval.
Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union ...
The “long shadow of slavery” still looms over the country, and museum planners hired by Richmond officials say the city is uniquely positioned to tell that story using the archaeological ...
Restoring it would cost many millions of dollars. But a national slave ship memorial—akin to the watery grave of the U.S.S. Arizona in Pearl Harbor—might be an option.
At least 37 former slaves freed by Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation are among people buried at Topeka's Ritchie Cemetery.
In direct defiance of President Trump’s recent executive order saying that the Smithsonian, the National Park Service, and others should avoid “divisive narratives that distort” and “rewrite” ...
A Chester County-based organization promoting racial healing through storytelling is working with Longwood Gardens, Lincoln ...
The Mississippi legal code recognizes 10 holidays ranging from the traditional ones like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Veterans Day.