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The first publicly recognized Black priest in the United States, Augustus Tolton, may not be a household name. Yet I believe his story – from being born enslaved to becoming a college valedictorian – ...

Feigel uses her own experience as a starting point to examine the past, present and future of separation ...

See how William McKinley's tariff policies that have inspired President Trump's affected everyday Americans in the 1890s.

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Shaina Taub created the musical “Suffs” to share an important chapter of American history that she was never taught in school and had to find out about for herself. The show, for which she wrote the ...

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A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...