All posts tagged "american history"
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Oprah Exhibit Opens At African-American History Museum
The Washington Post’s Peggy McGlone reports: The National Museum of African American History and Culture will open a new exhibit on Friday, June 8 titled “Watching Oprah: The Oprah...
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Former First Lady Barbara Bush Is Dead At 92
HOUSTON (AP) â Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her...
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Former First Lady Barbara Bush In Failing Health
HOUSTON (AP) â Former first lady Barbara Bush is in “failing health” and won’t seek additional medical treatment, a Bush family spokesman said. “Following a...
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Rosa Parks Home To Be Shown, After Trans-Atlantic Journey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) â The small, tired house with peeling white paint once served as a refuge for Rosa Parks in Detroit. It has traveled...
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Trump Focuses On Blacks In Military For Black History Month Celebration
WASHINGTON (AP) â President Donald Trump is marking African American History Month by pledging to make real the vision of “every American patriot” who fought...
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Isaiah Washington Reveals The True Figures Behind The Civil Rights Movement
Most everyone knows of Rosa Parks and her role in the fight for equality when she refused to get up from her seat to give...
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House Republicans Release Partisan Memo On Russian Probe
WASHINGTON (AP) â House Republicans on Friday released a partisan and bitterly disputed memo that they say shows surveillance abuses in the early stages of...
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Kickstarter Launched For Smithsonian’s 9-Disc ‘Anthology Of Hip Hop And Rap’
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, in collaboration with the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), has turned to crowdsourcing for its next ambitious project...
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Ruben Studdard Going Gospel w/Kickstarter
American Idol winner Ruben Studdard seeking Funding thru Kickstarter to preserve old Negroe Spirituals. YEA!! “Please join me, in doing something special, preserving a piece...
