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"Could've been solved": Trump suggests he would have handled the Civil War better than Lincoln
President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on Wednesday. “The Civil War, it ...
A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...
We've come far since the first Juneteenth. But we still have a long way to go | Opinion
On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...
Black soldiers helped save the Union during the Civil War. They will be honored June 21.
Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...
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Meet Ralph Lincoln, The 11th-Generation Lincoln With An Uncanny Resemblance To The 16th President
"My name is Ralph C. Lincoln and I am honored to be an 11th generation Lincoln who also shares the same great-grandfather as ...
David Wright Faladé: Black Texans were not ignorant of their freedom before June 19, 1865
African Americans had likely known themselves to be legally free before General Order No. 3, but acting on this knowledge was ...
Lincoln Riley Catching Heat After Marcus Freeman’s USC-Notre Dame Comments
In a recent interview with Joel Klatt, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman made it clear he doesn't want the game to come to an end, but expressed "it takes both parties to tango." Many fans took ...
ACLU: After 160 Years of Waiting, Guaranteed Income Can Deliver on the Promise of Reparations | Opinion
Today, we have the opportunity to fully realize the promise of freedom symbolized by Juneteenth through guaranteed income ...