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1906 Atlanta Race Massacre Explained

In 1906, false and sensational news stories helped spread fear and led to devastating consequences. Special | 4m 43sVideo has Closed Captions | CC Learn about the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre and how yellow journalism, political ambition, and racial tension fueled one of the most violent…

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Timeline of the life of Isaac Newton

Secondary resources > Physics Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe. Revered in his own lifetime, he discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus. He helped to shape our rational world view. But Newton’s story is…

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Sharing Underground Railroad’s oral histories

Anthony Cohen, left, a descendent of freedom seeker Patrick Sneed, recounts a family history to Paul Ortiz. The Underground Railroad, which helped people escape slavery to freedom, necessarily operated in secrecy until the end of the Civil War. Now a…

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