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How Christianity Transformed Slavery
In his book Forgive, Tim Keller tells the story of a friend of his who was a PhD student at Yale. Keller’s friend once told him that modern people ...
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How President Lincoln Grew to Hate Slavery
Abraham Lincoln biographer Jon Meacham notes, “There was no evident political gain to be had for Lincoln [to be anti-slavery]; quite the opposite. ...
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Befriending the Person Who Beat Him Up
The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a pastor in Birmingham, Ala., in the 1950s, was called by the historian Andrew Manis “one of the least known but most ...
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Grammy Viewers Disappointed by ‘Non-English’ Captioning
Puerto Rican rapper Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, also known as Bad Bunny, recently opened the telecast of 2023 Grammy Awards. It was the first ...
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Black Vet Awarded Purple Heart at Age 99
99-year-old Osceola "Ozzie" Fletcher finally received his Purple Heart. It was awarded in a ceremony at the Fort Hamilton Army base in June ...
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Black Homeowner’s Appraisal Doubles After White Friend Poses as Owner
For most homeowners in a hot housing market, the value of their property tends to rise dramatically. But not for Carlette Duffy. Her home seemed not to ...
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The Protestant Master Sergeant Who Saved 200 Jews
The PBS documentary titled, GI Jews: Jewish Americans In World War II is about the 550,000 Jewish Americans who served their country in World War II. ...
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Why Jackie Robinson’s Hall of Fame Plaque Had to Change
A legacy sometimes ends up obscuring achievements. Jackie Robinson may have been fearful of this happening to his legacy when he was inducted into the ...
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A Tale of Two Families, Two Racisms
In 1957, my parents moved into Levittown, Pennsylvania. It was a brand-new suburban community and these homes were finally at a price that Army veterans ...
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Black Medical Student Publishes Handbook on Recognizing Symptoms on Darker Skin
Malone Mukwende is a second-year student at St. George’s Medical School at the University of London. But in his studies, he noticed the lack of ...
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