The Civil War ended in April 1865 and two months later, on June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, with Granger saying, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”
The George Floyd protests continue throughout America.. But Philadelphia has experienced something seemingly unique to the city of brotherly love: Exploding ATM machines and rumors of more nefarious, stranger things.
#Phillyexplosions began trending in the region two days ago.. City residents tonight on Twitter seem too tired to even track the number of explosions sounding through the metro area..
In 1968 about 3000 people lived in tents on the Mall in an antipoverty demonstration in Washington D.C. The rally was inspired by Martin Luther King. King was a Baptist minister who became one of the most important voices in Civil Rights history.. American history. World history. Today, January 15, 2018, is Martin Luther King … Read moreNever let the dream be forgotten
A crowd of North Carolina protesters have toppled a Confederate statue after white supremacist violence in Virginia. Demonstrators in the former slave state attached a rope to Durham’s statue of an unidentified Confederate soldier Monday evening and pulled it down to the ground, where it was spat on and kicked. “People can be mobilized and … Read moreA crowd of North Carolina protesters have toppled a Confederate statue after white supremacist violence in Virginia. Demonstrators in the former slave state attached a rope to Durham’s statue of an unidentified Confederate soldier Monday evening and pulled it down to the ground, where it was spat on and kicked. “People can be mobilized and people are angry and when enough people are angry, we don’t have to look to politicians to sit around in air conditions and do nothing when we can do things ourselves,” protester Takiyah Thompson told WNCN.
This image should have been attached to my thoughts on Abe Lincoln.. Somewhat fitting.
New book sheds new light on Lincoln’s racial views He wanted to send free blacks to Central America.. While that fact has been tossed around for generations, few took hold to it and spoke about it. And the new book by Philip Magness and Sebastian Page, they write about newly uncovered documents found in London on … Read moreThe Lincoln history books neglect to mention
