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Juneteenth is an occasion to celebrate the triumph of America’s abolitionist movement. Though a landmark achievement, the emancipation of black Americans did not end racial injustice in the U.S. Rather Jim Crow segregation necessitated the…

Andrew Jackson’s place on the $20 bill has about six years remaining until his image is scheduled to be replaced by Harriet Tubman, the pistol-packing Underground Railroad operator. Tubman’s bravery continued with her direct participation…

WASHINGTON—Devoting a new exhibit to the ballistic device famously associated with the iconic abolitionist, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History announced Friday that it had just acquired the giant catapult that Harriet…

Start SlideshowFollowing Florida’s decision to release new standards for teaching African American history in schools, The Onion examines the biggest benefits slaves got from slavery.AdvertisementPrevious SlideNext Slide2 / 25‘Uncle Tom’s…