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The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's ...
The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's ...
A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.
Instead, Maryland residents greeted Union ... Confederate flags, which they already had at home, at the ready. Across the country, removing slavery from its central role in prompting the Civil War ...
The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...
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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell didn't hold back his contempt for Trump, who promised to restore the names of military bases to those of Confederate generals.