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Burroughs, the daughter of former slaves, established her own school in Washington, D.C. in 1909, helping to forge new career ...

The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.

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The U.S. Agency for International Development is facing a reckoning under the second Trump administration following years of allegations of mismanagement of funds.

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As he celebrated the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery in 1865, Frederick Douglass emphasized that pervasive racial discrimination remained an obstacle to the attainment of equal ...

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He won two major history prizes and served as a consultant for filmmaker Ken Burns. His books charted the evolution of the American presidency.