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Enslaved African Americans were not counted by name in the US census; before 1870, they registered only as numbers. While there are statues that focus on President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, no national markers specifically commemorate this real and symbolic leap for millions of Americans. Bryan Stevenson, civil rights lawyer and founder of the […]
From a community harvest day on July 4, 2022 • Courtesy of BLMG Seattle Parks & Recreation (SPR) plans to remove the Black Lives Memorial Garden (BLMG) as early as this Friday, October 13th, to complete a “turf renovation” project and return the space to “natural grass.” Black Star Farmers was notified on October 4th […]
Michael Stuemky adjusts the U.S. flag hanging above the Western Slope Veterans Coalition office in Glenwood Springs.Ray Erku/Post Independent Michael Stuemky fed 75-pound rounds into a 54-caliber artillery gun mount astern. As a gunner’s mate, he also readied 50-caliber machine guns every time a foreign vessel approached. These were his busy days serving aboard the […]
A TikToker recorded themselves confronting a restaurant hostess for the seating arrangement at an Olive Garden. User Shon (@shonti2funny) says that customers were being grouped by the color of their skin in the location, and asked the hostess why black customers were seated in one area of the restaurant away from other diners with a […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Obie Shelton is our travel guide showing us the way. The former 3News reporter, who still lives and works in Greater Cleveland, is at times more than that Don’t let this throw you: He is a time traveler, taking those with him through the years, the generations, the centuries. Today is one […]
A rare, 8-foot tall flower known for its powerful stench reached peak bloom at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. The Amorphophallus titanium reached peak bloom Thursday. The plant is nine years old, and 2022 marked its first bloom, according to the U.S. Botanic Garden. The corpse flower is a humongous plant featuring a […]
Homes in the poorest areas of England have less than a third of the private garden space enjoyed by those in the richest, giving those residents a mental and physical health disadvantage that leads to worse outcomes from the cradle to the grave. According to a Guardian analysis, in the richest 10% of areas in […]
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