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June 12, 2015

Today in History: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

On this day in 1987, Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and delivered an ultimatum to the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. […]
May 22, 2015

Slavery’s Incomplete End

The standard narrative regarding slavery in the United States suggests that slavery was legal until a bloody civil war was fought over it, after which the 13th Amendment was passed, which prohibited […]
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