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The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 week agoBorn enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist,...
Today in History: March 20, Lyle and Erik Menendez convicted of the murder of their parents
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn March 20, 1996, a jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in...
When Black kids – shut out from the whitewashed world of children's literature – took matters into...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAt the turn of the 20th century, with few children’s books featuring Black characters, one young...