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Meet the Black Men Who Changed Lincoln’s Mind About Equal Rights

During the Civil War, these individuals convinced the president, altering the course of U.S. history Jonathan W. White – Author, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House Arnold Bertonneau of New Orleans, Robert Smalls of South Carolina and Anderson Ruffin Abbott of Toronto. llustration by Stephanie Singleton Before dawn onMay 13, 1862, RobertContinue reading “Meet the Black Men Who Changed Lincoln’s Mind About Equal Rights”

A Century Ago, a High School Teacher From a Small Tennessee Town Ignited a National Debate Over Human Evolution

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other states today A hundred years ago this summer, the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, was thrust into the international spotlight as one of the most famous legal confrontations of the 20th century got underway. The ScopesContinue reading “A Century Ago, a High School Teacher From a Small Tennessee Town Ignited a National Debate Over Human Evolution”