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The Real Reason Muhammad Ali Converted to Islam

Muhammad Ali's public conversion to Islam, in 1964, was among the most defining moments of his remarkable life.

The forgotten protest that sparked the city’s racial unrest

Fifty years ago today, 3 days of riots convulsed Roxbury, as the civil rights tumult of the ‘60s finally reached here. It was the violent beginning to an era of change whose end is still not in sight...

African-American gravesite are victims of neglect

It’s considered a preservation crisis.

Portland's dark history of white supremacy

Nearly two centuries of exclusion, violence and intimidation have resulted in the whitest major city in the United States, in a state that has in the past been fertile ground for the growth of extremism.

A History of Secret U.S. Channels, From Jefferson to Kushner

Back channels during presidential transitions are not unprecedented, but they are always fraught, as President Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, have discovered in recent weeks.

Carter documents show how the US reacted when it had a South Korea problem in the 70s

Carter faced pushback from South Korean leaders and his own top advisors.

Slavery remains in the modern world

The number of slaves worldwide is estimated at 45.8 million. Australia is now trying to put a stop to it.

Harvard’s newest class uses the “Game of Thrones” to teach medieval history

"Game of Thrones does dramatize nicely some fundamental things going on in medieval courts.”

Noose Found at African American History Museum in D.C.

A noose, a symbol of racial lynching, was found on Wednesday on the floor of an exhibit about segregation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution officials said.

Study of 14th-century Black Plague challenges conventional wisdom about pollution

The authors found that widespread environmental pollution did not begin with the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s and 1800s.

Egyptian Mummy Study Suggests Close Ties to Near East

The study found that the genetic material within the mummies was more similar to ancient peoples of the Near East and the Levant (an area of the eastern Mediterranean including Israel and Palestine) than it is to modern Egyptians.

The Library of Congress Is Using These Images to Tell the Story of World War I

Have a look!

NYT publishes 360 degree story on the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans

It's part of a series: journalism in 360 degrees.

Tea Party Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) says liberal historians have ignored the role of Anti-Federalist Founding Fathers

by Mike Lee

What the historians forget is "the essential truth that underlies a full understanding of the Constitution: the fact that nearly every founder shared a healthy skepticism of a large federal bureaucracy."

Thousands Turn out to Remember John F. Kennedy on His 100th birthday

Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III gave the keynote speech at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site — JFK's birthplace and childhood home.

JFK: Take a look at a surprising report card and his application to Harvard

by Valerie Strauss

They come from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, which digitized records relating to his educational experience.

If only Hitler were still alive, said Salman Abedi’s arrested cousin

A detained cousin of the Manchester bomber Salman Abedi previously made antisemitic rants on social media and voiced his hatred for the UK.

Cities join call for impeachment

A growing number of local governments are clamoring for Congress to act against Donald Trump.

Can the President Be Indicted?

The Constitution includes detailed instructions for impeachment. But there’s no clear answer on whether a president may be criminally prosecuted.

Newsweek claims new book by former CIA operative suggests Oswald had a link to the CIA

The book is by Antonio Veciana, the CIA’s man in Havana.