This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 13, 2018
That was in February 2017.
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 12, 2018
The Memphis sanitation workers’ strike would win the support of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. — and lead to his assassination less than two months later.
Source: WSP
Feb 12, 2018
Children of Kennedy Democrats are Trump Republicans. And for those inspired by RFK in 1968, what should be a happy anniversary is instead an occasion to puzzle a drastic reversal of political fortune.
Source: CBS News
Feb 11, 2018
Visitors to a small log cabin in Kentucky are right to ask: Is it true that Abraham Lincoln slept here?
Source: The Guardian
Feb 11, 2018
A historical travel guide once listed safe pit stops for black motorists in Jim Crow America. When a family sought similar advice on Facebook last year, they were deluged with replies.
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 9, 2018
And no one knew who the victims were – until now.
Source: CBS News
Feb 9, 2018
"The ugly reality is, extremist groups are actively organizing, targeting colleges and universities in an attempt to be heard and to grow their ranks," University of Tennessee system President DiPietro said in a statement.
Source: BBC
Feb 8, 2018
Opponents have said the tunnel could destroy archaeological treasures and scar the landscape irreparably.
Source: NY Daily News
Feb 8, 2018
It's an uphill struggle. The first reparations bill was introduced into Congress in 1867.
Source: Columbia University
Feb 7, 2018
The Mailman School launches the world's largest searchable database of internal corporate documents on industrial pollutants: ToxicDocs.
Source: Deutsche Welle
Feb 7, 2018
Across Brazil, there are more than 3,000 quilombos — communities of descendants of slaves — that face continued attacks. A Supreme Court case could now invalidate their right to land.
Source: Smithsonian
Feb 7, 2018
Displays of military might aren’t common in modern America outside of wartime.
Source: NYT
Feb 7, 2018
What do the noble mastiff, the lowly cur and the trundle-tail have in common besides being terms for dogs?
Source: The Daily Beast
Feb 7, 2018
"It really shows up that these imaginary racial categories we have... are not applicable to the past at all," said one project worker.
Source: NY Review of Books
Feb 7, 2018
From their very beginnings, the American university and American slavery have been intertwined, but only recently are we beginning to understand how deeply.
Source: Time Magazine
Feb 6, 2018
The U.K. marks the 100th anniversary of British women gaining the right to vote. While it may seem like distant history, the centenary is a cause for both celebration and reflection on the parallels between international women’s movements of the past and of the present.
Source: Trib Live
Feb 6, 2018
What is treason?
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 6, 2018
Nicole Persley of Boca Raton, Fla. says a genetic test validated what she had dug up about her family's heritage.
Source: OSU
Feb 6, 2018
Study shows how they aided southern blacks during Reconstruction
Source: The Washington Post
Feb 6, 2018
But what about the Jedwabne massacre?
