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Today in history: first U.S. postage stamps issued, and what that means
July 1, 2015On this date in 1847, the Post Office Department (now called the U.S. Postal Service), issued its first two postage stamps.
Read moreToday in Pride Month history: Homosexuals in Holocaust first publicly recognized
June 24, 2015In 1976, speakers at a public program in Hartford, Conn., told the history and paid homage to the homosexuals exterminated in the Nazi concentration and labor camps.
Read moreS. Carolina leaders call for removing Confederate flag from statehouse grounds
June 22, 2015The Confederate flag features prominently in photos of the white youth arrested and charged with the murders.
Read moreJulius and Ethel Rosenberg’s final day: June 19th, 1953
June 19, 2015At the height of the Cold War anti-communist hysteria, the lives of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were extinguished. On the anniversary of their executions, their granddaughter has a message.
Read moreTo Mother Emanuel’s Denmark Vesey: your fight goes on!
June 19, 2015Fighting off racist attacks is nothing new for the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
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