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National American history
Introduce young readers to American history
Children's Books
May 17, 2012
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
hate
April 12, 2012
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
African American history
February 22, 2012
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
Bill Clinton
February 20, 2012
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
American history
February 19, 2012
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.
American history
February 13, 2012
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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Celebrating Black History Month: "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975" - PBS/DVD
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
February 7, 2012
“You're either part of the solution or part of the problem." --Eldridge Cleaver“In the late 1960 and early 1970s, Swedish...
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Exploring a star-studded frontier
American history
February 1, 2012
Since the beginning of time, man has been overcome with a desire to reach the heavens.“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a...
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Andrew Jackson’s lucky day – January 30, 1835
American history
January 30, 2012
What thoughts go through your mind when someone says, “This is your lucky day?” Winning the lottery? Getting a raise, or better yet in...
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