(TriceEdneyWire.com)—“Professional baseball would never allow an umpire to continue to officiate the World Series after learning that the pennant of one of the two...
EDDIE KENDRICKS
DECEMBER 13
1903—Another one of the great unsung heroines of the Civil Rights Movement Ella Baker is born in Norfolk, Va. She directed the...
In this 1853 painting, George Washington stands among Black field workers.
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by Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University
If there was anyone who knew the rewards...
George Washington, hand on the Bible, at his inauguration in 1789 as the first president of the U.S.
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by Maurizio...
Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington became one of America’s greatest educators and political figures. Massimo Vernicesole/iStock via Getty Images
by Richard Handler, University of...
by George R. Goethals, University of Richmond
Every American president has landed in the history books. And historians’ assessments of their performance have been generally...
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...
by Michael Blake, University of Washington
The best presidents – including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not only as...
Week of November 12-18
November 12
1775—General George Washington, first president and “father of the country” issues an order barring free Blacks from serving in the...
