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Following the death of George Floyd while pinned by police, protests have erupted across the United States over its treatment of the black community.
Learn more about the history of the black community in the U.S., including the history of slavery and of important race-related riots in history.
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On this date in 1942, a deadly tornado killed 20 people in the town of Berryville,…
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Birthday of the Day
Brice appeared in burlesque and vaudeville from 1906. She starred in the Ziegfeld "…
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