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Harper Lee’s unpublished stories are not ‘thrilling’ – but offer insight into a literary legend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

Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to...

Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in ‘East Woods’ on East 24th St. in Austin, Texas. Austin History Center by Kris Manjapra, Tufts University The...

US laws created during slavery are still on the books

Laws enacted during the U.S. slavery era are still being used by lawyers and judges in today’s courtrooms. Getty Images A legal scholar wants to...

6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth

A Juneteenth celebration in Prospect Park in New York City in 2022. Michael Nagle/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images by Corey D. B. Walker, Wake...

COURIER EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Juneteenth to occur at Point State Park, but Black Music Festival is canceled

B. MARSHALL, FAR RIGHT, WITH WIFE, MARGO DOSS, FAR LEFT, AND GOSPEL SENSATION ERICA CAMPBELL, AT THE 2023 JUNE­TEENTH CELEBRATION AT POINT STATE PARK. Also,...

International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., pays new respect to the enslaved Africans who landed on its docks

One of the exhibits of notable Black people on display at International African American Museum. courtesy of v2com/International African American Museum by Bernard Powers, College of...

6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth

A Juneteenth celebration in Prospect Park in New York City in 2022. Michael Nagle/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images by Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest...

The power of a song in a strange land

by Donna M. Cox, University of Dayton From the moment of capture, through the treacherous middle passage, after the final sale and throughout life in...

Commentary…Pence kicks off Black History Month with awful tweet

Literally, in one tweet, Vice President Mike Pence has set Black History Month back 152 years–– January 31, 1865, to be exact. That is...

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