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Engraved portrait of Abraham Galloway from William Still's <em>The Underground Railroad</em>, published in 1872.

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  • History

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
For her new documentary, <em>Lynching Postcards: Token Of A Great Day, </em>filmmaker Christine Turner examined hundreds of black-and-white photographs that show how organized these events were and included chilling messages that shared the experience with those who weren't there. The postcard above shows the crowd at the lynching of Henry Smith in Paris, Texas, in 1893.

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  • History

How Black activists used lynching souvenirs to expose American violence

Christine Turner, the filmmaker behind the short documentary, Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day,' talks about her film and its present-day resonance.

February 08, 2022
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By:
  • Adrian Florido,
  • Sarah Handel,
  • and 1 more
The landlord of the centuries-old Ye Olde Fighting Cocks pub, pictured last July, said last week that it would close, though there is hope it will reopen under new management.

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  • Europe

A pub that claims to be England's oldest could close its doors because of COVID

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans dates back to the 8th century, with a storied past featuring medieval pigeons, Oliver Cromwell and tunnels once traversed by monks. Now its future is uncertain.

February 08, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
GPB News NPR

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  • Movie Interviews

How Black activists used lynching souvenirs to expose American violence

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Christine Turner, the filmmaker behind the short documentary, Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day,' about her film and its present-day resonance.

February 08, 2022
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By:
  • Adrian Florido,
  • Megan Lim,
  • and 1 more
Researchers explore how Neanderthals used fires inside caves.

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How to build a fire inside, according to Neanderthals

Early humans seemed to strike the perfect balance in situating their hearths in the cave, preserving ample sitting and cooking space while avoiding the worst effects of smoke.

February 08, 2022
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By:
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse and
  • Christopher Intagliata
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Bomb threats against Black institutions are deeply rooted in U.S. history

"HBCUs are resilient institutions that will persist through all forms of adversity," the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus said after bomb threats earlier this month.

February 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press

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  • History

Price Controls, Black Markets, And Skimpflation: The WWII Battle Against Inflation

To control inflation during WWII, the U.S. government resorted to wide-ranging price controls. Their unintended consequences might explain why today's policymakers are reluctant to try it again.

February 08, 2022
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  • Greg Rosalsky
GPB News NPR

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  • National

First Black University of Alabama student to share a building name with a Klan leader

A University of Alabama building will share the names of a Klan leader and its first Black student

February 07, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Taffy Abel was the 1924 Olympic USA Flag Bearer in Chamonix, France.

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  • Sports

Taffy Abel medaled in the 1924 Olympics. Few knew of his Indigenous heritage

At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, hockey player Taffy Abel became the first Indigenous athlete to carry the flag at the Olympics — and, days later, to medal.

February 07, 2022
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  • Troy Oppie
A ski jumper flies overhead on the 60-meter ski jump at the Suicide Hill Ski Bowl in Ishpeming, Mich. on March 7, 2021. The Suicide Hill Ski Bowl is home to 5 ski jumps - one being the infamous 90-meter Suicide Hill Ski Jump.

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  • Sports

America's birthplace of organized skiing is in Michigan, here's what it looks like

Michigan photographer Nic Antaya started a documenting Ishpeming Ski Club to understand how it has birthed a handful of Olympic athletes and its culture.

February 05, 2022
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By:
  • Nic Antaya and
  • Marco Storel
People conceal parts of their faces with forms for the 2010 count in Puerto Rico in a U.S. Census Bureau poster about how it keeps information confidential. Records for the once-a-decade tally cannot be released until 72 years after a count's Census Day.

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  • National

The U.S. census's 72-year confidentiality rule has a strange history

Under federal law, the U.S. government must restrict access to people's records for the once-a-decade tally until 72 years after a count's Census Day. The exact origins of that time span are murky.

February 04, 2022
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang and
  • Susie Cummings
Constance Baker Motley is pictured in New York, Sept. 9, 1966.

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  • Race

The life of a 'Civil Rights Queen'

Constance Baker Motley's life—as a lawyer, as a politician and the first Black woman appointed to the Federal bench – is outlined in a new biography by author Tomiko Brown-Nagin: Civil Rights Queen.

February 03, 2022
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  • Karen Grigsby Bates
Tracie Revis was the first woman to serve as Chief of Staff to the Principal Chief of the Muscogee Nation. Now she is charged with leading community outreach with the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative, the Macon based group trying to create a national park that takes in traditional cultural property of the Muscogee Nation.

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  • History

New director of outreach in Georgia's national park effort brings a Native voice to the table

Tracie Revis’ roots run thousands of years deep at the Ocmulgee Mounds, where she's part of the effort to expand the footprint of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park into the first ever full-fledged national park in Georgia.

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette Moore, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the late 1940s.

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  • Education

Remembering the man who 'laid the groundwork for the modern civil rights movement'

Seventy years ago, Florida civil rights pioneer Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette, were killed in a bombing at their home on Christmas Day. No one was charged with their murders.

February 02, 2022
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  • Greg Allen
A woman tosses a Ouija Board into a bonfire outside a church in New Mexico in 2001, after  the church's pastor urged parishioners to burn dozens of Harry Potter books and other types of literature and games they found offensive.

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  • National

When did America's culture wars begin, and how can they end? Jon Ronson has answers

America's culture wars are creating a world of "magnificent heroes and sickening villains" as people fight a fierce battle in black and white, says writer and podcaster Jon Ronson.

February 02, 2022
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  • Ari Shapiro and
  • Matt Ozug
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