Monday, October 3, 2016

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Monday, September 26, 2016

Smithsonian African American Museum Articles

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ruth-bonner-slave-daughter-museum_us_57e6d472e4b0e80b1ba26222

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/us/politics/obama-african-american-museum.html?_r=0

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/23/politics/smithsonian-african-american-museum-obama/
In 1789, the first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.)

In 1957, nine black students who’d been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of unruly white crowds were escorted to class by members of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division.


Wednesday, September 21, 2016

On this day in 1780, during the American Revolution, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position in the British army. The plot was foiled and Arnold, a former American hero, became synonymous with the word “traitor.” (History.com)