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  • National guardsmen are called out in Memphis, Tennessee, following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr in the city, 8th April 1968. They are guarding the street outside the Florsheim Shoes store. Alyssa covers eyes in editing.

    The Watering Down of AP African American History Is an Attack on Living Memory

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  • Three history books that focus on women and gender. (Image: Beacon Press, New York University Press, and Viking Books for Young Readers.)

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  • An outdoor celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day in Berkeley in 2012. (Image: Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr)

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  • Pro-Trump rioters try to break into the U.S. Capitol as police hold them off with plastic shields.

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  • WASHINGTON - AUGUST 21: Gay rights activist Frank Kameny (2nd L) speaks during the wedding ceremony of TV reporter Roby Chavez (R) and Chris Roe (2nd R) August 21, 2010 at the Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, DC. Chavez of Matthews, Louisiana, and Roe, of Monticello, Wisconsin, tied the knot after they have been together for five years. Roe popped the question on the night when DC became the sixth place in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage while Chavez was on a tight deadline covering the story. The couple will spend two weeks in Greece for their honeymoon. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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  • Tenessee lawmaker speaks from the House floor.

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  • WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 15: (L-R) Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) arrive for a press conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to announce legislation to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court on April 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. Their bill would expand the Supreme Court from 9 to 13 justices. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she does not support the bill and doesn't plan to bring it to the House floor. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

    Expanding the Supreme Court Is Normal and We Should Do It

    By Jessica MasonApr 16th
     
  • Collage of clovers, St. Patrick, and a snake.

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    By Jessica MasonMar 17th
     
  • Nikki Haley gives a speech at a podium with a Trump sign.

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    By Vivian KaneFeb 16th
     
  • Caricature:Roscoe Conkling as Mephistopheles Centerfold of Puck 3 October 1877 Drawn by Joseph Keppler Caption: Conkling as Mephistopheles Unto that Power he doth belong Which only doeth Right while ever willing Wrong. – Goethe's Faust. The other figures in the picture are Rutherford B. Hayes and a woman labeled as

    What We Should Remember From the Reconstruction Era as Joe Biden Talks About Unity

    By Princess WeekesJan 20th
     
  • 1956: Portrait of American writer, educator and advocate for the disabled Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) holding a Braille volume and surrounded by shelves containing books and decorative figurines. A childhood illness left Keller blind, deaf and mute. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    Disturbing Twitter Thread Highlights Teens Who Think Helen Keller Was a Fraud

    By Princess WeekesJan 7th
     
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