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    7 Things You May Not Know About MLK’s “I Have A Dream” Speech

    Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech ranks among the most famous in history, but there are a few lesser-known facts about the 1963 moment.By Sarah PruittOn August 28, 1963, in front of a crowd of nearly 250,000 people spread across the...

    Thoughts and Memories on Memorial Day

    The true story about Memorial Day, and my memories of honoring a century of tradition. Suzanne Spellenouth Carolina was the first Southern state to secede from the Union in 1860. Charleston became one of the Confederacy’s most important port cities. Nearby Fort Sumpter, a Federal...
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    Reflections: To Native Americans: Nothing Happy About that First Thanksgiving

    By Abigail McGrath, Renaissance House Thanksgiving is coming up and I am going to do...

    SHANE WEEKS, Chair of Shinnecock Graves Protection Warrior Society

    by Stephen J. Kotzon27East.com, Southhampton Press,Shane Weeks, 32, a member of the Shinnecock Nation...

    A Long Island mansion built on 10,000 corpses

    Shinnecock attorney declares a sacred site desecrated By Natalie Discenzafor WSHU/NPRThe Shinnecock Indian Nation might have...

    First Black Man on White House Secret Service Detail finally gets Justice 

    TheGrio Staffwww.thegrio.com  In 1961, Abraham Bolden became the very first Black Secret Service agent to...

    Native American History Timeline and the Buffalo Soldiers

    Thinking about the Buffalo Soldiers I hadn’t given much thought to Indigenous Peoples Day, until...

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    Remembering Eddie Hibbert

    Ena K. McPherson, center, with Eddie Hibbert, right, and friend.

    NYC Voters Choose Mamdani’s Four Pillar Affordability Mandate

    New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, alongside his mayoral transition team, speaks during a news conference at Flushing MeadowsCorona Park in the Queens borough of New York City on November 5, 2025. Mamdani, 34, is the city's first Muslim mayor and the youngest to serve in more than a century. The Democratic socialist's victory came in the face of fierce attacks on his policies and his Muslim heritage from business elites, conservative media commentators and Trump himself. (Photo by TIMOTHY A.CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

    Justice for Garvey

    Not only did I greatly admire Garvey, but his conviction also represented one of...

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