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News Articles: civil war

Ilyon Woo, the author of <em>Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom.</em>

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Ilyon Woo's new book explores the relentless pursuit of freedom

In "Master Slave Husband Wife," Ilyon Woo describes the story of Ellen and William Craft escaping slavery.

January 24, 2023
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By:
  • Reena Advani
Engraved portrait of Abraham Galloway from William Still's <em>The Underground Railroad</em>, published in 1872.

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Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about

Galloway escaped enslavement, became a Union spy and helped recruit thousands of Black soldiers to fight with the North, but his name has been largely left out of the Civil War narrative.

February 08, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
A Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission plaque is seen along a roadside in New Castle, Pa. A recent review of all 2,500 markers has resulted in the state removing two markers, revising two and ordering new text for two others so far.

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Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside historical markers

Pennsylvania is reviewing its 2,500 roadside markers, scrutinizing factual errors, inadequate historical context, and racist or otherwise inappropriate references.

December 27, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
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New waves of Syrian migrants are fleeing postwar misery

While the numbers are far below the levels during the height of the civil war, the number of Syrians applying for asylum in the EU increased 70% over last year.

December 21, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
A Tigray People's Liberation Front fighter poses in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on June 30, 2021.

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Social media misinformation stokes a worsening civil war in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, old ethnic tensions are being incited in new ways. And that means the bloody civil war may be entering an even more destructive phase.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Lee Hale and
  • Eyder Peralta
An illustration of Clint Smith and the cover of his book.

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Political Rewind: Clint Smith's Journey Into The History And Narratives Of Slavery In The U.S.

Friday on Political Rewind: How do we come to terms with debates over the very nature of U.S. history? Clint Smith’s debut work of nonfiction and offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country’s legacy.

July 30, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
A signed copy of Emancipation Proclamation.

To Celebrate Juneteenth, Listen To A Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation

To mark Juneteenth, NPR staff members read the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth — the celebration to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States — is now a federal holiday.

June 18, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
A Maryland state flag waves near the Statehouse in Annapolis. Maryland has decided to drop a state song that originated during the Civil War and alludes to Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant and a despot.

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Maryland Repeals State Song That Called Lincoln A 'Tyrant'

Maryland, though a slave-holding state, did not secede from the Union and attempted to maintain neutrality during the Civil War. The song was a full-throated defense of the Confederacy.

May 20, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Rosenwald Hall in Seminole County, Oklahoma. The public school was a Rosenwald School built by Julius Rosenwald and Book T Washington.

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Political Rewind: Author, Photographer Andrew Feiler On The Enduring Legacy Of Rosenwald Schools

Monday on Political Rewind, a conversation with author and photographer Andrew Feiler about his new book, “A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools That Changed America.” Feiler traveled some 25,000 miles to photograph 500 school buildings that represent a legacy of education in the South.

April 26, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
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An image of the cover of the book and author Ty Seidule.

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Political Rewind: Author Ty Seidule On Reckoning With U.S. History, Myth Of 'The Lost Cause'

Monday on Political Rewind: It’s been more than 150 years since Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Va., effectively ending the Civil War. But that conflict refuses to rest easily in history. Author Ty Seidule tells the riveting story of coming to terms with U.S. history in a new book, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause.

March 01, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
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Negro Union Infantry corporal, holding a Colt model 1849 pocket revolver.

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  • Race

From Negro Militias To Black Armament

Guns have always loomed large in Black people's lives — going all the way back to the days of colonial slavery, explains reporter Alain Stephens from The Trace.

December 22, 2020
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  • Gene Demby and
  • Natalie Escobar
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Communities Debate The Definition And Purpose Of Confederate Monuments

Georgians are again debating what to do with hundreds of public memorials to the Confederacy. It's a disagreement Georgians are accustomed to having. In...

July 08, 2020
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  • Rickey Bevington
"The Tubman Command" can be found on store shelvels on May 21.

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  • Author Interviews

Harriet The Spy: Author Brings Tubman's Civil War Espionage To Life In New Novel

Members of Congress are working to revive an Obama-era effort to make Harriet Tubman the new face of the $20 bill. A new historical novel about Tubman...

May 20, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
A close-up of a section of a cyclorama depicting the Battle of Atlanta from the American Civil War is seen in this undated photograph.

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New Book Argues Civil War's Secondary Battle in Georgia Was Over Resources

On Jan. 16, 1861, the Georgia Secession Convention opened in Milledgeville. A few days later, state leaders voted to secede from the Union. The Civil...

January 16, 2019
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  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
After restoration, the Battle of Atlanta cyclorama painting is set to reopen to the pulblic in February at the Atlanta History Center.

'Real History Is Being Restored' Ahead Of The Reopening Of Atlanta's Cyclorama

Atlanta's cyclorama is back. The 18,000-square foot spectacle was looking faded and anachronistic by 2011 when the city considered scrapping it. Instead...

December 05, 2018
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  • Virginia Prescott
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