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Black History Month celebration honors community leaders
March 1, 2013It was a night to celebrate, to recount history, to look to struggles yet to come. A night to dream, to dance, to sing songs, and hear poetry.
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Is full employment possible under capitalism?
February 27, 2013By last count, approximately 12 million Americans were officially unemployed. Of those, 4.7 million have been jobless for 27 weeks or longer.
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Review: “A Slave in the White House, Paul Jennings and the Madisons”
February 27, 2013Paul Jennings was born a slave on President Madison's estate in Montpelier, Virginia, in 1799. In 2009, Paul Jennings' descendants arrived at the White House for a private tour.
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Lincoln, Obama and the sweep of history
February 26, 2013With a stroke of a pen the Union government outlawed the enslavement of 4 million people. The truth was that the war was not going well for the North and they had to pass the Emancipation...
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Today in black history: Ali becomes heavyweight champion of the world
February 25, 2013An activist, showman, and cultural icon, Ali was stripped of his title a few years later for refusing to fight in Vietnam.
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