Ann Atwater Pushed To Integrate Her City’s Schools — And Got A Klansman To Join Her In The Fight
In the 1960s, Ann Atwater could feel the breeze through the cracks in her house’s walls. Then a housing advocate recommended she attend a community...
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awe, history, holocaust, middle east, modern history, nazis, News, People, places, uplifting, Videos, women, world war 2, WTFAuschwitz Survivor Celebrates 104th Birthday With 400 Descendants At Wailing Wall
Shoshana Ovitz survived Auschwitz, where her mother was handed to Dr. Josef Mengele and never seen again. Once liberated, she met the man who became...
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Remains Of Vietnam Fighter Pilot Shot Down 52 Years Ago Are Flown Back To The U.S. By His Son
The last time Bryan Knight saw his father was at the very airport to which he flew his father’s remains. Jackson Proskow/TwitterAirport guests fall silent...
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Ethiopia Sets Tree-Planting Record With 353 Million Seedlings In Just 12 Hours
“Besides planting trees, besides coming together to do something good for our country, it was a national unity. Everywhere, everyone was doing it – starting...
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‘I Never Got Married’: 107-Year-Old Woman Celebrating Her Birthday Shares Some Pearls Of Wisdom
At 107, Louise Signore is in better shape than most. She has no walking or breathing aid, and enjoys dancing and bingo every day. Councilman...
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Meet The Mother Of All Feminists, Philosopher Mary Astell
Through her sharp treatises and philosophical writings, the self-educated Mary Astell would galvanize the Suffrage movement. Public DomainA portrait of Mary Astell, the mother of...
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Jamaican Doctress Mary Seacole Was As Heroic As Florence Nightingale
Mary Seacole faced adversity — and open fire — to help injured soldiers during the Crimean War. Now, more than a century later, she is...