Tag: History

A case for colorblindness

Robert VerBruggen · February 8, 2024 8:00 pm

African-American airplane mechanics of the 99th Pursuit Squadron inspect the engine of a BT-13 Valiant trainer aircraft at the new U.S. Army Flying School in Tuskegee, Ala., Sept. 5, 1942.

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Black History’s Heroes Series: The Tuskegee Airmen

Christopher Tremoglie · February 8, 2024 12:52 pm

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday rejected a proposal to block the Treasury Department from replacing President Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)

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Black History Heroes Series: Harriet Tubman

Christopher Tremoglie · February 7, 2024 3:14 pm

Circa 1880: Robert Smalls (1839-1915). American naval officer and politician. An African American born into enslavement, he was forced to serve in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. He took command of a ship and delivered it to Union forces, became a pilot in the U.S. Navy, and advanced to captain 1863-1866, the highest-ranking African American officer in the Union Army. Member, South Carolina State House of Representatives.

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Black History’s Heroes Series: Robert Smalls, Civil War hero and founder of the South Carolina Republican Party

Christopher Tremoglie · February 5, 2024 1:42 pm

Rachmaninoff far from home

Micah Mattix · February 1, 2024 8:00 pm

Explorer claims to have found location of Amelia Earhart’s plane

Luke Gentile · January 30, 2024 11:15 am

Rare painting captured by Nazis and lost for almost 100 years hits auction block

Luke Gentile · January 28, 2024 6:00 am

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History does not require consent to be known

Parker Miller · January 26, 2024 4:45 pm

The ne’er-do-wells who built America

Carl Paulus · January 25, 2024 9:00 pm

LONDON - JUNE 26: Nelson Mandela leaves the InterContinental Hotel after a photoshoot with celebrity photographer Terry O'Neil on June 26, 2008 in London, England. (Getty Images File)

South Africa battling to block Nelson Mandela auction

Luke Gentile · January 20, 2024 6:00 am

Ballot boxes are lined up as employees test voting equipment at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, Oct. 19, 2022, in Miami.

More votes, less democracy

Dan Hannan · January 16, 2024 8:43 am

An anti-climatic history

Varad Mehta · January 11, 2024 10:10 pm