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Juneteenth’s history and meaning explained | USA TODAY

June 19, 2022 15 comments

Frank Smith, director of the African American Civil War Museum, explains the origin of Juneteenth and its journey to becoming a national holiday. RELATED: What […]

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As American As Apple Pie: Vaccine Requirements Aren’t New—And They Work

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 62 comments

Chris Hayes breaks down just how widespread vaccine requirements have been: “It is almost not hyperbole to say that getting your population vaccinated and safe […]

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Joy Reid: How America’s Social Construction Of Race Impacts Voting Rights Today

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 35 comments

The GOP backlash against reviewing American history and promoting anti-racism education, which many Republicans wrongly call critical race theory, is a reaction to White Americans […]

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GOP Repeats Voter Suppression History While Attacking The Teaching Of It

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 70 comments

“They are digging in the archives for methods of voter suppression and targeted attacks on enfranchisement of Black and brown folks—while also attacking the teaching […]

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Remembering The Tulsa Massacre 100 Years Later

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 25 comments

MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross, Chair of the Greater Tulsa African-American Affairs Commission Kristi Williams, and author of “The Ground Breaking” Scott Ellsworth join Joy to discuss […]

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GOP Pushing Bill To Ban Teaching History Of Slavery

May 22, 2021May 22, 2021 102 comments

As the GOP seeks to suppress classroom lessons about racism and slavery, parts of academia are aligning with their right-wing rhetoric. The University of North […]

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Author Annette Gordon-Reed On The Violence That Came After Slavery | Morning Joe | MSNBC

May 5, 2021May 5, 2021 49 comments

Professor and author Annette Gordon-Reed returns to Morning Joe to continue discussing her new book 'On Juneteenth,' with Wednesday's discussion focusing on the violence done […]

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The complicated history of Abraham Lincoln explored in ‘Lincoln: Divided We Stand’

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 39 comments

An exclusive panel takes a deeper look into the remarkable and unexpected story of Abraham Lincoln, contextualizing his history & connecting it to present day […]