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George Washington’s first Chanukah

Dear LA Teacher,How long has Chanukah been celebrated in the United States, and what affect has it had?Curious ChristianDear Curious Christian,As...
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Test your knowledge of the U.S. government

Yesterday I shared 5 tools that can inspire civic education at home. Now I'm going to quiz you on some basic U.S. government facts that you and...
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Home Video Review: 'America: The Story of Us' on Blu-ray

While perhaps July 4th would have been the best time to release "America: The Story of Us" on Blu-ray and DVD from History Channel/A-and-E Home...
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Introduce young readers to American history

Mitt Romney. Barack Obama. The presidential race is on and we're bombarded with polls, commercials, and political ads pitting the two...
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The frozen smile of hate crime

Over the past 2 1/2 years this writer has been the victim, or the intended victim, of a mind-boggling array of acts that are best defined as &ldquo...
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Obama attends groundbreaking for national African American museum

On Wednesday in a ceremony on the National Mall with President Barack Obama in attendance, ground was broken for the buildingof the Smithsonian...
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Close-up on "Clinton" and his legacy on DVD, and Blu-ray

The last thing one might expect a PBS two-part documentary on former president Bill Clinton to open with is Clinton’s December 11, 1998, Rose...
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O beautiful for spacious skies

During the summer of 1893, somewhere within the 14,000’ elevation of Pikes Peak in Colorado, Katharine Lee Bates joined a group of teachers...
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Rebecca Lee Davis was the first black American woman to become an M.D.

The daughter of Absolum Davis and Matilda Webber, Rebecca Lee Davis came into the world on February 8, 1831 in Delaware. While growing up, Rebecca...
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Indy Film "More than a Month" questions the value of Black History Month

  • More than a Month
  • February 11, 2012
What are the colors of American History? Are they red, white, and blue? Or are they, red, white, black, brown, beige, tan, olive, yellow, and gray?...
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