Every state's nickname and where it comes from
Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...
Cardinal News21h
The hero of the Battle of Great Bridge was a sentry who took on an entire British platoon. He was also a free Black man.
History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...
The Root on MSN18h
5 Inconvenient, Ugly Truths About America's 'Founding Fathers' And Slavery
Out of the seven ‘Founding Fathers,’ only John Adams and Samuel Adams didn’t own slaves. Both men were Northerners. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington hailed from Virginia and considered slavery ...
The Union5h
BriarPatch Food Co-op: Cooking with molasses – Who you callin’ slow?
Did you know that the sweetener molasses dates back to 500 BCE, when the process of pressing sugar cane and boiling its juice ...
How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom
For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression. Yet, the story ...
Stars and Stripes17h
Southern sites that expand understanding of Black history
Black History Month is the perfect time to get acquainted with some of the many African American historical sites that dot the South. There is plenty of Black history and culture worth exploring in ...
Smithsonian Magazine22h
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Paralympian John McFall has passed all the required medical exams and is now eligible for future travel to the ISS with the European Space Agency In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the ...