My First Time in Variety: Simon and Garfunkel’s Late Manager Mort Lewis On His Brush With Civil Rights History
In the '60s, booking music acts in the South was a dicey affair due to horrific Jim Crow-era laws discriminating against ...
5 Medical Innovations from the Civil War
Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.
Enslaved people took refuge at pioneering hotel on NC Outer Banks. But perils awaited
A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...
The 12 Most Captivating Prison We’ve Ever Seen
Prison movies are perhaps the most captivating of all movies, as the following films illustrate. From grim portrayals of life ...
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Braggs History Project highlights Civil War battle with roadside marker
The little-known Civil War Battle of Greenleaf Prairie took place on June 16, 1863, near present-day Braggs and extended to ...
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The REAL War on Christmas - The Plum Pudding Riots
Join us for the untold history of "War on Christmas" in the Plum Pudding Riots! This bizarre history made it to the states when Christmas was outright banned by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659.
‘Boutwell’ Review: A Man Ahead of His Times
America’s first IRS commissioner helped raise the vast sums needed to wage the Civil War and was a strong advocate of racial equality.
From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
Voices from the Arab press: Is there another way with Israel?
The Arab-Israeli conflicts are neither unique nor the most egregious examples of war. Perhaps the solution lies in emulating ...
Town's 1646 witchcraft trial ordeal re-enacted
The Civil Wars saw a "resurgence in witchcraft accusations" when "people were looking around for someone else to blame for ...
What is Cold Harbor on Severance? It could be tied to this major Civil War battle
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...
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