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Month: August 2022

California Once Tried to Ban Black People

California Once Tried to Ban Black People

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022

The new state’s leaders banned slavery—but tried to kick free black people out. ERIN BLAKEMORE UPDATED: SEP 1, 2018 ORIGINAL: FEB 9, 2018 When Peter Burnett took the podium in…

How a High School Teacher Changed Early 20th-Century Insect Science

How a High School Teacher Changed Early 20th-Century Insect Science

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022

Systemic racism kept him from a position in higher education—but it didn’t stop Charles Henry Turner from rewriting our understanding of bees, ants, and cockroaches. BY EDWARD D. MELILLO AUGUST 15,…

In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West Africa. It led to the creation of Liberia.

In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West Africa. It led to the creation of Liberia.

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022

Yoonji Han  Aug 8, 2022 On December 21, 1816, a group of fifty white elites gathered in a Washington, D.C. hotel to discuss the future of freed Black Americans. Following…

The Proud Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers

The Proud Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022

In 1866, an Act of Congress created six all-black peacetime regiments, later consolidated into four –– the 9th and 10th Cavalry, and the 24th and 25th Infantry –– who became…

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