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Here is what happened when President Johnson bypassed a governor to deploy the National Guard.
Before Saturday, the last time a president made use of Guard troops to deal with civil unrest without being asked to do so by ...
More bodies of executed civil war-era prisoners uncovered under Greek city park
Local officials say another series of unmarked graves — this one containing 14 individuals — has been dug up in a park in the ...
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Guide to North Carolina beaches: Things to do, places to eat and what to know about parking
Which North Carolina beach is best for you and your family? Use our guide to help you decide where to put your umbrella and ...
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Ancient caravan kingdoms are threatened in Yemen’s civil war
Taking respite from Yemen’s protracted civil war, men and children dance to ... This story appears in the September 2022 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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Nazis knocking on Louisiana's back door: Did Hitler send World War II U-boat to the Gulf Coast?
The story is true. The German sub officially was known as U-166. It was among a fleet of 23 sent to the Atlantic Ocean in the ...
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Was the Civil War Inevitable?
In that sense, Vorenberg argues, the Civil War never truly ended. Lincoln’s assassination was, in this light, a last-ditch terrorist assault on the national ... Pabst to map the moral and ...
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Tennessee details black history in Civil War
MTSU has partnered with the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area and the Tennessee State Library and Archives for the research. The digital map already includes battlefields and significant ...
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Follow in Malcolm X's footsteps on a civil rights history tour in Boston
It’s 100 years since the civil rights activist was born ... available with the Jan/Feb 2025 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK). To subscribe to National Geographic Traveller (UK ...
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The Underappreciated Man Behind the “Best Graphic Ever Produced”
In the video above, Andrews explains how the cotton maps tell the story of an emerging global economy and the impacts of civil war. The invention of the pie chart is credited to Playfair ...
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Harriet Tubman, the spy: uncovering her secret Civil War missions
This colorful map from 1862 shows how ... Tubman’s devotion to civil rights and humanitarian issues continued for decades after the war. On the national front, she worked for woman suffrage ...
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What is Cold Harbor on Severance? It could be tied to this major Civil War battle
A pen-and-ink sketch of the plan for the Battle of Cold Harbor made by Robert Knox Sneden, a map-maker for the Union Army during the American Civil War ... writes National Parks historian William ...
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National Geographic explorer shows how Black history heals in new book
National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts considers ... The Africans remained enslaved until they were freed after the Civil War. Of course, they wanted to go home, but with no means to cross ...