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Harper Lee’s unpublished stories are not ‘thrilling’ – but offer insight into a literary legend

Harper Lee with actor Mary Badham (‘Scout’ Finch), on the set of To Kill A Mockingbird in 1961. Leo Fuchs/Getty Images by Paul Giles, Australian Catholic...

Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery

In the American South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images by Charles Vanthournout, Université de Lorraine When...

How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory

A Confederate Festival attendee visits the American cemetery in Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Brazil, on April 24, 2016. Mario Tama/Getty Images by Jordan Brasher, Macalester College There...

Lincoln called for divided Americans to heed their ‘better angels,’ and politicians have invoked him ever since in crises − but for Abe, it...

Lincoln’s words and legacy are often invoked by U.S. politicians in times of crisis. Marc Dozier/The Image Bank via Getty Images by Donald Nieman, Binghamton...

The Overlooked Black History Of Memorial Day

When the last Monday of May comes around, Americans fire up the grill, welcome the upcoming summer season, and most importantly, honor U.S. soldiers...

Nikki Haley slammed for not listing slavery as cause of Civil War

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley is facing backlash for omitting slavery as a cause of the Civil War. During a New Hampshire town hall on...

When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down

by Alexander N. Taylor, George Mason University Confederate monuments burst into public consciousness in 2015 when a shooting at a historically Black church in Charleston,...

What really started the American Civil War?

More than 600,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War. Keith Lance/Digital Vision Vectors via Getty Images by Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University Curious Kids is a...

White Tennessee lawmakers speak out for insurrection in honoring Confederate history

The Tennessee State Capitol. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images by Daniel Feller, University of Tennessee The ghost of the Confederacy hangs heavily over...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s pending promotion sheds new light on his overlooked fight for equal rights after the Civil War

by Anne Marshall, Mississippi State University Tucked away in an amendment to the FY2023 U.S. defense authorization bill is a rare instance of congressional bipartisanship...

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