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Biographer David Blight calls it the greatest speech Frederick Douglass eve...

Biographer David Blight calls it the greatest speech Frederick Douglass ever delivered

"I heard, and I listened to, and I respect Sen. Harris," Biden said.

Why many experts disagree with the theory

"Basically I think what you have to conclude is that it was that night stri...

"Basically I think what you have to conclude is that it was that night strictly by accident," says Martin Duberman

The observance is in May to commemorate two key anniversaries

As Jim Crow took hold and codified second-class citizenship via law and cus...

As Jim Crow took hold and codified second-class citizenship via law and custom, it became clear just how crucial the HBCUs would be

These photographs declared the worth of their subjects within a larger soci...

These photographs declared the worth of their subjects within a larger society that often denigrated them

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