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Renown historian John Hope Franklin would be 100-years-old if he were alive today. Duke University is celebrating his legacy with the symposium, “Global…
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Guilford County's Register of Deeds is putting bills of sale from the local slave trade on display at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in…
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Events commemorating the 150th Anniversary marking the end of the Civil War are wrapping up across the south. It is noticeable that most of the visitors…
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Most Americans know about the Underground Railroad, which allowed Southern slaves to escape to the North. But some slaves stayed in the South, hidden in a place where they could resist enslavement.
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In popular culture, the term cakewalk means anything that is effortless and easy.But the word dates back to a pre-Civil War dance originally performed by…
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In popular culture, the term cakewalk means anything that is effortless and easy.But the word dates back to a pre-Civil War dance originally performed by…
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North Carolina's copy of the 13th Amendment is now on tour. The document that marked the formal end of slavery in the US will be on display at the…
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More than 300,000 African and African-American slaves were sold in Shockoe Bottom. Today, residents and city officials are debating how to preserve the area: Memorial or stadium and museum?
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From enslavement to the one-drop rule to the three-fifths compromise, United States law has defined African-American identity. Duke University professor…
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From enslavement to the one-drop rule to the three-fifths compromise, United States law has defined African-American identity. Duke University professor…