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Southern Baptist officials: discontinue display of Confederate flag
The Southern Baptist Convention, born in 1845 in a split over its support for slavery, has passed a resolution calling for Christians…
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Vatican summit of judges pledges aid in trafficking fight
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Judges and prosecutors from around the world pledged Friday to crack down on human trafficking and help victims of…
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Yale dumps ‘master’ title, preserves ‘triggering’ Calhoun name
NEW HAVEN — Yale University will keep the name of a residential college named after a 19th century alumnus and statesman, best known…
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Harvard steps may lead down a thorny path
CAMBRIDGE – The latest call by students at Harvard University for the school to purge terms or symbols deemed offensive by a vocal…
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William Wells Brown’s intrepid journey as the first African-American playwright
After his dramatic escape from slavery, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) became the first published African-American playwright, and also the first…
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Harvard Law bows to activist calls to drop slaveholder crest
CAMBRIDGE – Royall appears to be falling. Harvard Law School, which last year saw activist students demand that the institution scrub the emblem…
