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Best Known for Its Gilded Age Architecture, Newport, Rhode Island, Is Also Home to a Rich Legacy of Black History
The city’s long-standing connection to Black affluence and entrepreneurship is the focus of the latest season of HBO’s The ...
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Poignant piece of Lancaster's slave trade history restored
A memorial to enslaved Africans transported on Lancaster-owned ships as part of the Transatlantic slave trade has been ...
The Long Search for the 'Tryall,' Australia’s First Shipwreck
The 'Tryall' sank in 1622 when it struck uncharted rocks. It took centuries to find the rocks and the ship. Even today, ...
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How traditional cooking is now uniting tourists and communities in Tanzania
Moshi. As far back as the 15th to 18th centuries, explorers would come to Africa; among the things they would take back with ...
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Australia’s story is one of success, for now
Australia’s construction industry is hopelessly dysfunctional, damaged by ‘disdain for the law’ and ‘frequent resort to ...
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Today-History-Aug05
Today in History for Aug. 5: In 1100, Henry I ascended the throne of England, three days after his brother, King William II, was killed in a hunting accident. In 1620, the Pilgrim ships "The Mayflower ...
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JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: Glasgow hosted a glorious Games - but bringing them back now feels like a terrible mistake
A kind of magic typically descends on Scotland when it hosts world sporting events.I am a veteran of several Open championships at St Andrews and, at each one, I've fallen under the spell.
125 Interesting Facts About Everything
These interesting facts will entertain, enlighten and totally blow your mind Interesting facts you’ll want to share with ...