Jackie Robinson was the first Black major league baseball player, but he was almost prevented from getting to his first spring training in 1946. In 1945, Branch Rickey, general […]
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The history of modern-day presidential debates is actually quite a short one. While the names Lincoln and Douglas frequently come to mind when one thinks of a debate among esteemed
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Lionel Barrymore had a long and successful acting career. From the silent era through the early 1950s, he primarily played character roles in films. Barrymore also directed films and composed
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. left us with many inspirational thoughts, so it is never easy to pick just one. However, recently, I came upon part of a sermon he
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The Woodcraft Indians organization was an American forerunner of the Boy Scouts. Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) was its founder. In forming the Woodcraft Indians in 1902, Seton places himself among
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As the Pledge of Allegiance became more widely accepted after its introduction in 1892, various groups weighed in on the wording. There have been alterations from the original wording penned
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