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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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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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    Champions on the Ground, Anchors of the Culture

    "Women’s History Month is not only about the well-known names in history books. It...
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    War and Global Unrest: Black Folks Respond

    By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeAs the media has the nation hyper-focused on the war with Iran...
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    Rev. Valerie Cousin Named Interim Chair of Bridge Street Development Corporation

    Fern GillespieWhen the Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC) Board of Directors recently appointed Rev....
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    My Mahogany Influencers: Karen, April, Myla and … Ebony, Essence & Diana

    by Lisa McFadden, MillinerThere have been some big introductions that opened my eyes to...

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