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This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in each source note. Quotation marks are not used.

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• SOURCE: AP
  3-1-15
  

  15 Years On, Museum Where Slaves Landed Taking Form

  Now the $75 million International African American Museum to be built on the site is more than a vision.

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• SOURCE: AP
  3-3-15
  

  Civil Rights Landmark Bridge is Named for Reputed KKK Leader

  The fact had all but faded from local memory until recently, when a Selma student group launched an online petition to rename the landmark bridge.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  2-25-15
  

  The Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War

  Fifty years after the first US troops came ashore at Da Nang, the Vietnamese are still coping with unexploded bombs and Agent Orange.

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• SOURCE: Political Wire
  3-2-15
  

  Clinton Portrait Contains Lewinsky Reference

  Pennsylvania artist Nelson Shanks told the Philadelphia Daily News that he included a reference to Monica Lewinsky in his portrait of Bill Clinton.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  2-25-15
  

  D.C. Bible Museum Will Be Immersive Experience, Organizers Say

  The Museum of the Bible will house the more than 40,000 artifacts in Green's personal collection, including Jewish Torah scrolls and papyrus fragments of the New Testament.

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• 3-1-15
  

  Former Japanese PM calls for reflection on history

  Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said on Saturday that Japan needs to look at its wartime history and face up to its past if it plans to regain trust from its neighboring countries.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-26-15
  

  Guarding Denmark’s Jewish Heritage

  For two centuries, Denmark’s strategy of not treating Jews differently has been highly successful. Yet the threat from violent extremists is now undeniable, and no one can guarantee that a similar attack won’t happen again.

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• SOURCE: BBC
  2-28-15
  

  Looted Iraqi Museum in Baghdad reopens 12 years on

  About 15,000 pieces were looted during the Iraq war, with one-third recovered

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-26-15
  

  NYT Magazine profiles the first slavery museum in the US

  It opened in Louisiana in December.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-26-15
  

  An Immodest Proposal Rankles a Capital Known for Modesty

  A proposal to build an immense memorial in Ottawa to the global victims of Communism has prompted protests from architects, the mayor and the country’s chief justice.

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• SOURCE: Yahoo News
  2-26-15
  

  New ISIS video shows militants smashing ancient Iraq artifacts

  The five-minute video shows a group of bearded men inside the Mosul Museum using hammers and drills to destroy several large statues, which are then shown chipped and in pieces.

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• SOURCE: History Extra
  2-20-15
  

  How air conditioning helped Ronald Reagan become president

  Everyday objects and ideas have, through history, often had fascinating and unexpected consequences, as a new BBC Two series reveals.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2-15-15
  

  Mount Vernon uses lasers to scan mansion down to the nail

  Architects and preservationists are at the estate building a computerized database of every piece of the mansion.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2-22-15
  

  Ray Bradbury home's demise has LA re-examining its history

  The Bradbury home's destruction came as a surprise in part because the guy who knocked it down was one of the city's most prominent architects.

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• SOURCE: Salon
  2-25-15
  

  Alan Turing’s family demands the UK pardon its convicted homosexuals

  The famed mathematician and codebreaker received a royal pardon in 2013. As many as 49,000 others have not

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• SOURCE: Time
  2-24-15
  

  A Turkish Flag Draws Parallels to Iconic Iwo Jima Photo

  Photographer Firat Yurdakul captured a scene reminiscent of Joe Rosenthal's WWII image

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• SOURCE: Center for American Progress
  2-24-15
  

  The Demographic Evolution of the American Electorate, 1974–2060

  The demographics of the United States are projected to become much more diverse in the coming decades and will have significant effects on the nation's voting electorate in all 50 states.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  2-23-15
  

  New Study: Plague outbreaks that ravaged Europe for centuries were driven by climate changes in Asia

  These outbreaks were traditionally thought to be caused by rodent reservoirs of infected rats lurking in Europe’s cities, or potentially by rodent reservoirs in the wilderness. But research published in the journal PNAS suggests otherwise.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  2-23-15
  

  Scan Reveals Mummy Hidden Inside Buddha Statue

  The mummy is believed to be that of Liuquan, a Buddhist monk who died in China around 1,100 A.D.

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• SOURCE: WHIO
  2-19-15
  

  The president of Wright State University apologizes for a Black History Month menu that featured fried chicken

  “I was really hurt (by the menu). Extremely hurt.” — student