Booker T. Washington

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• SOURCE: Contingent
  4/5/2021
  

  The Strange Case of Booker T. Washington’s Birthday

  by Bill Black

  A history teacher's saga of the verification of a seemingly simple fact shows that sources may not always be reliable, and that our knowledge of many facts is the product of historians' labor. 

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• 3/24/19
  

  Vernon Johns: An Often Forgotten Controversial Civil Rights Activist

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Johns was a critical figure in the push for racial equality, chiefly because he was not merely a pusher, but also a shover.