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Rebels and Ramblers: New Ken Burns 'Country Music' Documentary

From the Civil War to the Dust Bowl and from baseball to jazz, Ken Burns documentaries have covered a range of critical events in American history and...

September 14, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
In the summer of 2017, the wreckage of U.S.S. Indianapolis, a Navy cruiser, was discovered some 18,000 feet under the Philippine Sea.

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How The USS Indianapolis Became The Worst Sea Disaster In US Naval History

In the summer of 2017, the wreckage of U.S.S. Indianapolis, a Navy cruiser, was discovered some 18,000 feet under the Philippine Sea.

July 25, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott
1923 pressings of songs that were recorded by Ralph Peer at 152 Nassau Street in Atlanta, including "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" by Fiddlin' John Carson, credited as the first country music hit.

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  • Music

Atlanta's Original Old Town Road: The Site of Country Music's First Hit Could Be Demolished

The newest Ken Burns series premiering in September follows the vast and varied evolution of country music over the 20th century. The eight-part series...

July 23, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
At UGA's Baldwin Hall, a new memorial recognizes and honors the legacy of individuals enslaved in Athens prior to the Civil War.

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While Some Southern Schools Examine Connections With Slavery, Tensions Rise At UGA

Town and gown tensions are high at the University of Georgia as the end of the school year nears. Amid national conversations about the historical role...

April 24, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Casimir Pulaski, Polish hero, is mortally wounded while leading French and American Cavalry forces during the siege of Savannah, Ga. in 1779.

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Savannah Skeleton, DNA Show Revolutionary War Hero Casimir Pulaski May Have Been Intersex

Casimir Pulaski was born in Poland in 1745. After proving his military mastery in independence struggles across Europe, Pulaski moved to Boston in 1777....

April 19, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Johnny Cash at his home in California, 1960

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Rebels and Ramblers: New Ken Burns 'Country Music' Documentary

From the Civil War to the Dust Bowl and from baseball to jazz, Ken Burns documentaries have covered a range of critical events in American history and...

April 01, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Oluale Kossola's life is the subject of Zora Neale Hurston's posthumously published "Barracoon."

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  • Race

In 'Barracoon,' America's Last Slave Tells His Story Of Survival

Zora Neale Hurston, the celebrated Harlem Renaissance writer and anthropologist, has a new bestseller out nearly 60 years after her death. She wrote "...

February 08, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

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How The USS Indianapolis Became The Worst Sea Disaster In US Naval History

In the summer of 2017, the wreckage of U.S.S. Indianapolis, a Navy cruiser, was discovered some 18,000 feet under the Philippine Sea. Only weeks before...

February 07, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott
Author Jill Lepore's new book is entitled "These Truths: A History of the United States."

Historian Jill Lepore Explores 'These Truths' Of United States History

Harvard American history professor Jill Lepore set out to explore ideas of political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people in her...

November 01, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott
In "The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America," Saint Louis University law professor Anders Walker points to 20th-century writers and intellectuals' arguments against integration as the basis for modern multiculturalism.

'The Burning House' Argues Unconventional Theory On Multiculturalism

Jim Crow laws gave rise to horrific violence, humilitation and race-based terror, which makes "The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern...

October 12, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott
Men and women gather at a Texas Juneteenth Day Celebration in 1900.

What Is Juneteenth?

June 19 is Juneteenth , t he oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States . However, many people have never...

June 19, 2018
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Thursday, May 24, 2018

Last month, cast members from TV’s “A Different World” reunited at Home Depot’s Atlanta headquarters. They were there to award renovation grant money to...

May 24, 2018
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By:
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 5 more
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama opens to the public April 26.

New Memorial Confronts History Of Racial Lynching

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice details a painful legacy in American history: the lynchings of thousands of African-American men, women and...

May 01, 2018
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers

On Second Thought For Wednesday, April 11, 2018

In the year since President Trump took office, a new wave of social movements has rippled across the country. March for Science Atlanta brings together...

April 11, 2018
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By:
  • Sean Powers ,
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • and 6 more

Cities' Rights? Atlanta Suburb Declares April Confederate History Month

The state of Georgia did away with Confederate History Month in 2015, but last week Atlanta suburb Griffin declared April as Confederate History Month....

April 06, 2018
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  • Leighton Rowell
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