MLK in the North: The Civil Rights Leader Understood That Racism and Segregation Were National Problems
Yet King understood that racism, segregation, and police brutality were a national condition, not a regional issue. Many of ...
The Civil War Lives Through Mark Twain’s Fiction—and Donald Trump’s Reality
The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...
A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 1
Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.
For Black people, the Revolution was full of paradoxes
There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...
Commentary: The 'shot heard 'round the world' started more than a war
American Revolution provided world of Enlightenment chance to see if philosophy, politics game they had been engaged in could ...
In These Times6d
From Ruins to Renaissance: Syrian Artists Reclaim Freedom After Assad
which forced the gallery to close its doors as the upheaval escalated into a full-scale civil war. "After the Deluge" by Elias Zayat, installation view at Green Art Gallery in Dubai In response to ...
Jurist5d
‘The Basic Issue Is a Lack of Political Will’: Land Rights and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka – Interview with Academic Mahendran Thiruvarangan
JURIST Staff, US Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983-2009) between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant and political ...
Wilson Center4d
Religious Institutions, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in Ethiopia
Religion has been a driver of violence, as demonstrated in several incidents across the country. 25 According to the ...
Historic North Carolina theatre house opens doors for first time in nearly 50 years
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The Carolina Theatre is alive with the sound of music Friday night for the first time since 1978. It was the first performance at the uptown Charlotte landmark ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
What Spurred the South to Join the American Revolution?
How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...
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What to know about China's war games around Taiwan over the years
April 2 (Reuters) - China launched its latest round of war ... South Korea assembly speaker proposes revising constitution to curb presidency 6:30 AM UTC Asia Pacificcategory North Korea holds ...