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Jack Daniel’s Embraces a Hidden Ingredient: Help From a Slave
On its 150th anniversary, the Tennessee whiskey distillery concedes that its official history didn’t tell the whole story of its origins.
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The Old West’s Muslim Tamale King
How a South Asian immigrant became a Wyoming fast-food legend and received American citizenship—twice. By Kathryn Schulz.
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U.S. flag lowered to half-staff nearly every day in 2015
Nearly every day, somewhere in the country, the Stars and Stripes was lowered to half-staff last year in one of the most significant official gestures of mourning and respect, an Associated Press analysis found.
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Tearing Down the Walls
The story of the Stonewall Rebellion and the rise of the gay liberation movement. By Keegan O’Brien.
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How to Steal an Election
Conventions were created to make our system less rigged and more democratic. But more democracy is very often less. By Jill Lepore.
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Remembering Slavery At Whitney
A Louisiana plantation that is an emotionally devastating museum of slavery. By Rod Dreher.
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“What to the Slave is 4th of July?”
James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’ Historic Speech
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W. E. B. Du Bois’s Modernist Data Visualizations of Black Life
Du Bois’s charts focus on Georgia, tracing the routes of the slave trade to the Southern state, the value of black-owned property between 1875 and 1889, comparing occupations practiced by blacks and whites, and calculating the number of black students in different school courses (2 in business, 2,252 in industrial). By Allison Meier.
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The Tragic Story of Dallas’ First African-American Police Officer
After William McDuff was killed, it took Dallas 50 years to replace him. By Erin Blakemore.
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American Pravda: The Legacy of Sydney Schanberg
The death on Saturday of Sydney Schanberg at age 82 should sadden us not only for the loss of one of our most renowned journalists but also for what his story reveals about the nature of our national media. By Ron Unz.
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The Dark Secrets of this Now-Empty Island in Maine
Malaga Island was home to a fishing community. But in 1911, a racist pseudoscience and greedy politicians changed all that. By David Jester.
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These Maps Reveal How Slavery Expanded Across the United States
As the hunger for more farmland stretched west, so too did the demand for enslaved labor
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WGBH American Experience | PBS . U.S. Grant: Warrior
A revealing portrait of one of America's most paradoxical leaders.
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WGBH American Experience | PBS . Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration.
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WGBH American Experience | PBS . Death and the Civil War
The staggering death tolls of the Civil War permanently altered the character of the republic and the psyche of the American people.
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Lincoln and Davis and The Agreement Against Popular Sovereignty - This Cruel War
It was more than happenstance that pitted Abraham Lincoln against Jefferson Davis. They disagreed upon almost everything there was to disagree upon. But there was one area of thought upon which they agreed: Popular Sovereignty. The concept insisted that the question of slavery in the territories should not be decided by the Federal government, but by the vote of the people living within those territories. While many in both the South and the North considered this a fine idea, both Davis and Lincoln did not. However, the reasons why they agreed were drastically at odds.
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The Shadow of a Shade: General Grant and Not Fighting for Abolition - This Cruel War
An invented and traitorous quote by General Grant had been kicking around for nearly 150 years. Let's look at it origins and weird little uses.
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150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War
As the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg approaches, it's time for America to question the popular account of a war that tore apart the nation.
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Did Religion Make the Civil War Worse?
Faith may have inflamed the conflict, but one lasting legacy of the war may be the toll it took upon American faith.
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The Civil War Issue
On the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, we present this commemorative issue featuring Atlantic stories by Mark Twain, Henry James, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and many more. Purchase on newsstands through March 5, or order your print or digital copy here.
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