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(Encyclopedia) PequotPequotpēˈkwŏt [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The…Oglethorpe, James Edward
(Encyclopedia) Oglethorpe, James EdwardOglethorpe, James Edwardōˈgəlthôrp [key], 1696–1785, English general and philanthropist, founder of the American colony of Georgia. He had some military…State of the Union Address: Andrew Johnson (December 4, 1865)
Andrew Johnson (December 4, 1865) Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: To express gratitude to God in the name of the people for the preservation of the United States is my…Civics: Angel and Ellis Islands Timeline 1890-2000
Links to History: Angel & Ellis Islands 1890 1892 Ellis Island opens as an immigration station in New York harbor. 1900 1907 In a single day, 11,747 immigrants pass through…The Rest of the Story
"We have a country with a tragic history that is as powerful as its heroic history. We have to incorporate those realities in our understanding of who we are... there's a missing part of the…Centinel VI (excerpt)
Centinel VI (excerpt)22 Dec. 1787by PopeMan is the glory, jest, and riddle of the world.Pope.Incredible transition! the people who, seven years ago, deemed every earthly good, every other…1996 Alfred I. duPont—Columbia University Awards in Television and Radio Journalism
GOLD BATONDaniel Schorr, senior news analyst for National Public RadioSILVER BATONSTelevision AwardsABC News, Turning Point: “Of Human Bondage: Slavery Today”The American Experience: “The…March 1998 News and Events
1998 News Month-By-MonthWorldRussian Atomic Minister Ousted (March 2): Viktor N. Mikhailov, influential in nation's military and civilian nuclear establishment, dismissed to surprise of many…Selected Essays in Black History<cite>by Quincy Ewing</cite>
Baxter's Procrustes Negro Suffrage in a Democracy The Heart of the Race Problem by Quincy Ewing "And, instead of going to the Congress of the United States and saying there is no…A Mixed Bag
The family of Maum Agnes (seated), a former Ball slave. When this photograph was taken in about 1920, they were among the last sharecroppers on the Ball plantation of Quenby…Trending
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