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7 hours ago · Kalyn Belsha. May 13, 2024, 3:38pm PDT. Republish. A new exhibit seeks to highlight the contributions of the 12 Black women who took part in the landmark Brown v. Board case. (Back row, from left ...
1 day ago · Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War.
1 day ago · Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757 [a] – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency . Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and taken in by a prosperous ...
1 day ago · Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time. Johnson was a Democrat who ran with Abraham Lincoln on the National Union Party ...
1 day ago · It's also the subject of a new Hulu docuseries, "Black Twitter: A People's History." Director Prentice Penny said the phenomenon has given voice and a strong forum for expression to his community.
1 day ago · Graduation season is in full effect and Georgia Institute of Technology's grads are no exception. But one graduate, Deanna Yancey, who just earned her master's degree in electrical and computer engineering, had a very special person present her with her degree: her grandfather, Ronald Yancey, who broke barriers to become Georgia Tech's first Black graduate in 1965.
1 day ago · History of Michigan By year Pre-statehood U.S. Civil War Since 1900 Topics: Cities - Politics Michigan portal Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great ...
