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Circa 1880: Robert Smalls (1839-1915). American naval officer and politician. An African American born into enslavement, he was forced to serve in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. He took command of a ship and delivered it to Union forces, became a pilot in the U.S. Navy, and advanced to captain 1863-1866, the highest-ranking African American officer in the Union Army. Member, South Carolina State House of Representatives.
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Black history’s heroes: Robert Smalls

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Conservator for Special Collections from the University of Virginia Sue Donovan, removes paper from a photograph that was removed from a time capsule that was removed from the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue.
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Historians open time capsule in Robert E. Lee statue pedestal and find unexpected artifacts

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Raging wildfire threatens Ronald Reagan’s Santa Barbara ranch
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Raging wildfire threatens Ronald Reagan’s Santa Barbara ranch

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The words
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‘Respect us or expect us’: Andrew Jackson statue vandalized in front of White House

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Members of the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums march at historic Colonial Williamsburg, Va., Thursday, May 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Colonial Williamsburg adds gay and transgender reenactments

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The United States of capitalism
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The United States of capitalism

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Is nationalism really dead?
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Is nationalism really dead?

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Mama’s boy
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Mama’s boy

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The scientific Poe
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The scientific Poe

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Emory, just like the rest of America, is senselessly apologizing for racism it helped end

Emory, just like the rest of America, is senselessly apologizing for racism it helped end

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