Richard Kreitner, a Wayne native, has written a new book, "Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery." He looks at the ways in which all groups, Jewish or otherwise, ...

There’s a reason for everything. That doesn’t mean an excuse or a guess made of ignorance, but an explanation for what was, a kind of thought process that says if this happens, then that. A reason is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Books on slavery, racism and the Holocaust are among the nearly 3,000 pulled from public library shelves across Rutherford County ...

President Abraham Lincoln, in his Emancipation Proclamation, declared, “…all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State… shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free…” The ...

A powerful & thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Mary Frances Berry Join us for a powerful and thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Mary Frances Berry, celebrated historian and author of ...

When we think of slavery in America, we think of Africans stolen from their homeland. But Indians were enslaved as well, in what has become a hidden chapter in our history. In his long-awaited and ...

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