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1. Civil War talk in presidential contest reveals fresh divisions on race

Author

Olorunnipa, Toluse

Subjects
United States Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Political aspects, Electioneering, Racism -- Political aspects, Political campaigns, United States history -- Civil War, 1861-1865, Presidential candidates -- Political activity, Slavery -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: Toluse Olorunnipa What started with a single question from a voter about the origins of the Civil War has morphed into a sprawling political clash over a monumental event [...]

Published
2024

2. In Haleyâs home state, some Republicans point fingers inward on race, history

Author

Kornfield, Meryl

Subjects
Political parties -- South Carolina, Electioneering, Political campaigns, Slavery -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Meryl Kornfield CHARLESTON, S.C. - In the scarlet-lit backroom of Zen Asian Fusion Restaurant, seven Republican men from the Deep South sat around the dinner table, fuming. The topic [...]

Published
2024

3. Nikki Haley acknowledges Civil War 'about slavery' after facing backlash

Author

Kornfield, Meryl, Vazquez, Maegan, and Knowles, Hannah

Subjects
Electioneering -- Forecasts and trends, Political campaigns -- Forecasts and trends, Presidential candidates -- Political activity -- Public relations, Slavery -- Political aspects, Company public relations, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Meryl Kornfield, Maegan Vazquez and Hannah Knowles NORTH CONWAY, N.H. - Nikki Haley on Thursday scrambled to quell a firestorm that rocked her ascendant presidential campaign, acknowledging the Civil [...]

Published
2023

4. Nikki Haley acknowledges Civil War 'about slavery' after facing backlash

Author

Kornfield, Meryl, Vazquez, Maegan, and Knowles, Hannah

Subjects
Presidential candidates -- Political activity -- Public relations, Slavery -- Political aspects, Company public relations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Meryl Kornfield, Maegan Vazquez and Hannah Knowles NORTH CONWAY, N.H. - Nikki Haley on Thursday acknowledged the Civil War was 'about slavery,' after facing swift criticism for making no [...]

Published
2023

5. The deep cruelty of U.S. traders of enslaved people didn't bother most Americans

Author

Rothman, Joshua D.

Subjects
Slavery -- Political aspects, Slave trade -- History -- Political aspects, United States history, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Joshua D. Rothman Much of what we think we know about the domestic slave trade and domestic traders of enslaved people in the United States is wrong. To the [...]

Published
2021

6. Trump's 1776 Commission and the San Francisco Board of Education have a lot in common

Author

Boot, Max

Subjects
San Francisco, California. Board of Education -- Powers and duties, Slavery -- Political aspects, Committees -- Reports -- Political activity, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Max Boot For Print Use Only. The far right and the far left - the MAGA brigades and the uber-woke progressives - violently disagree about most things. But they [...]

Published
2021

7. Trump's 'patriotic education' report excuses Founding Fathers for owning slaves and likens progressives to Mussolini

Author

Strauss, Valerie

Subjects
Slavery -- Political aspects, United States history -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Valerie Strauss President Donald Trump's 'patriotic education' commission released a report on Martin Luther King Day that equates American progressives with European fascists and says it is 'untrue' that [...]

Published
2021

8. On monuments, Biden draws distinction between those of slave owners and those who fought to preserve slavery

Author

Linskey, Annie

Subjects
Memorial monuments -- Political aspects, Slavery -- Political aspects, Confederate symbols -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Political activity -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Annie Linskey WILMINGTON, Del. - Former vice president Joe Biden drew a distinction Tuesday between monuments to Confederate leaders and statues of slave-owning former presidents such as Thomas Jefferson [...]

Published
2020

9. Q&A: Rapper Lecrae on his discomfort with hearing slavery described as a 'white blessing'

Author

Bailey, Sarah Pulliam

Subjects
Rap singers -- Interviews, Slavery -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Sarah Pulliam Bailey Grammy Award winning rapper Lecrae Moore-best known to his fans simply as Lecrae-found himself in the hot seat on Tuesday after participating in a public discussion [...]

Published
2020

10. Virginia Cavaliers alter new logos to remove references to university's slavery history

Author

Bieler, Des

Subjects
Football teams -- Public relations -- Political aspects, Logos (Graphics) -- Design and construction -- Political aspects, Slavery -- Political aspects, Company public relations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, University of Virginia -- Public relations -- History -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Des Bieler The University of Virginia announced Monday it was altering logos introduced in April to remove references to the school's history of slavery. The new logos included tweaks [...]

Published
2020

11. Princeton seminary students are asking for reparations for school's role in slavery

Author

Bailey, Sarah Pulliam

Subjects
Slavery -- Political aspects, Slavery reparations -- Social aspects, Student loans, Endowments, Education grants, Students, Company public relations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Princeton Theological Seminary -- Public relations
Abstract

Byline: Sarah Pulliam Bailey Princeton Theological Seminary last year released a report describing its founders' and early faculty's ties to slavery. Now, some of its students want the school to [...]

Published
2019

12. A fanatic and 'Negro-stealer': One of the ugliest House speaker fights in history

Author

Luxenberg, Steve

Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Officials and employees, Congressional representatives -- Political activity, Slavery -- Political aspects, Weather, Political parties, Abolition of slavery, Insurrectionists, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Fugitive Slave Act
Abstract

Byline: Steve LuxenbergOn a December Friday in 1859, after 10 days of bitter weather and bitter balloting, the House of Representatives was so divided against itself that the members representing [...]

Published
2018

13. Kobe Bryant is 'shocked just like everybody else' by Kanye West's slavery comments

Author

Chiu, Allyson

Subjects
Basketball players -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Rap singers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Public opinion, Slavery -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Allyson Chiu When Kanye West made his comments about slavery, many fans, activists and fellow celebrities were quick to voice their shock and outrage. Now, basketball legend Kobe Bryant [...]

Published
2018

14. A university president held a dinner for black students - and set the table with cotton stalks and collard greens

Author

Bever, Lindsey

Subjects
College presidents -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, African American students -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Slavery -- Political aspects, Black history -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Lindsey Bever A Tennessee university president has apologized for offending African-American students with a table centerpiece that included stalks of cotton - a piece of Southern-style decor that is [...]

Published
2017

15. This Sarah Palin-Azealia Banks Twitter feud is almost too obscene to write about

Author

Moyer, Justin Wm.

Subjects
Microblogs, Ex-government officials -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Rap singers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Slavery -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Justin Wm. Moyer Six months ago, when Sarah Palin's name was preceded by a bunch of formers -- former Alaskan governor, former Republican vice presidential candidate, former Fox News [...]

Published
2016

16. Va. delegate proposes juneteenth measure

Author

Gardner, Amy

Subjects
Legislators -- Political activity, Legislators -- Social aspects, Slavery -- Emancipation, Slavery -- Social aspects, Slavery -- Political aspects
Published
2007

19. A fitting apology

Author

Cohen, Richard

Subjects
Slavery -- Political aspects
Published
1998

20. Clinton rethinks apology for slavery

Author

Baker, Peter, Connolly, Ceci, and Harris, John F.

Subjects
Slavery -- Political aspects, Apologizing -- Political aspects
Published
1997

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