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Do These Photographs Depict the Libyan Slave Trade?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Nov. 28, 2017 An emotive Facebook post about the slave trade in Libya used photographs that were either unrela ...
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Does the California NAACP Want to Replace the National Anthem?

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Alex Kasprak
Nov. 8, 2017 The group has proposed state legislation aimed at replacing "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the na ...
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Andrew Jackson, by Thomas Sully, 1845, American painting, oil on canvas

President Trump: Andrew Jackson Could Have Prevented the Civil War

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David Emery
May 1, 2017 Does Trump's suggestion that Andrew Jackson could have stopped the Civil War have any basis in h ...
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Did Ben Carson Liken Slavery to Immigration?

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David Mikkelson Bethania Palma
March 6, 2017 The retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate made a controversial comment about im ...
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Obama-Led U.N. Has Just Made It Official, U.S. to Immediately Pay Blacks 'Reparations'

Written by:
David Emery
Dec. 20, 2016 Untrustworthy web sites reported that at President Obama's behest, the United Nations ordered th ...
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UN Demands U.S. Pay Reparations for Slavery

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sept. 28, 2016 The United Nations has not ordered the United States to pay reparations to black citizens for sl ...
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Did Tiffany Chokers Originate as Slave Collars?

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Kim LaCapria
Sept. 27, 2016 Tiffany & Co. never made or sold slave collars, and a viral image of a slave collar is not from ...
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The Origins of Policing in the United States

Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
Sept. 26, 2016 Memes claim that modern law enforcement evolved out of slave patrols.
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'The Star-Spangled Banner' and Slavery

Written by:
David Emery
Aug. 29, 2016 Is the legacy of black slavery enshrined in a lesser-known stanza of the U.S. national anthem, " ...
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Michele Bachmann: 'White People Suffered More Under Obama Than Blacks During Slavery'

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug. 24, 2016 A fake news site prompted rumors Michele Bachmann said that the Obama administration was worse f ...
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9 'Facts' About Slavery 'They Don't Want You to Know'

Written by:
David Emery
Aug. 16, 2016 A widely circulated list of historical "facts" about slavery dwells on the participation of non- ...
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Was the White House Built by Slaves?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
July 26, 2016 During her 2016 Democratic National Convention speech, Michelle Obama asserted that the White Ho ...
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Sarah Palin on Slavery

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016 A quote purportedly from Sarah Palin saying that slavery wasn't the fault of the United States i ...
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Voluntary Servitude

Written by:
Dan Evon
July 28, 2015
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The Truth About Confederate History: Part 2

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 30, 2015
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How Did 'Black Friday' Get Its Name?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 30, 2013 Use of the term 'Black Friday' to describe the day after Thanksgiving did not originate with acc ...
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