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*We’re not even a month away from watching President Obama be sworn into the office of the Presidency for the second time and the date alone may attract more people to the capital than his last inauguration. The date he will be sworn in on will be a private ceremony on January 20, but the [...]
*WATERFORD, Va –– On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation. An area of this country that was not only affected by this decision, but was the catalyst behind it, and advanced the cause of freedom for decades after, has plenty of historic sites for travelers wanting to experience the [...]
Looking for a nice change of pace on TV? Perhaps a break from the reality shows? Consider BBC America’s first original scripted series “Copper,” a drama from executive producers Tom Fontana (“Oz,” “Homicide: Life on the Street”) and Barry Levinson (“Diner,” “Donnie Brasco”), set in New York’s Five Points, Fifth Avenue and emerging African American [...]
*A newly discovered letter from a freed former slave to his onetime master is making headlines. In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdan — who, since being emancipated, had moved to [...]
*AMC’s new drama “Hell on Wheels” may revolve around the building of the country’s first transcontinental railroad, but creators (and brothers) Tony and Joe Gayton used the backdrop of the Reconstruction era to explore questions about racism and what it means to be free. Such is the journey of Elam Ferguson, played by rapper-actor [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a [...]
Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ————– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE THE DREAM SEED: Just as everything in life [...]
Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ————– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “You can have lights, you can have cameras, [...]
*A rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that has been hanging in the Oval Office on loan from a private collector is set to move to an undisclosed location in mid-July, reports the AP. The document, which previously had been on loan to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, was originally supposed to move [...]
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