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United States, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the joint resolution proposing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, formally abolishing slavery and affirming the nation’s commitment to freedom and human dignity.
One of Pittsburgh’s biggest claims to medical fame is arguably also one of its best-kept secrets, Freedom House Ambulance Services. For the first time, that story is being told on stage, in “Freedom House: Giving Life a Second Chance.
WASHINGTON ‒ Samaria Helton had learned about Thomas Jefferson in school, but she didn’t know the former president had hundreds and hundreds of enslaved people until she recently visited his Monticello plantation in Virginia. The visit was important in ...
Juneteenth, which commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day the last enslaved people in Texas were freed — was observed this week. But the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park is continuing the celebration on Saturday with two special events: a Harriet ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MARKHAM, Ill. – A south suburban city council chamber filled with residents for a Black History ...
A new production dramatizes the creation of the nation’s first paramedic-staffed ambulance service and connects past public health struggles to issues still felt today
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Prime Stage Theatre’s ‘Freedom House’ shines a light on a lesser-known moment in Pittsburgh history
Where was the first ambulance service stafffed by paramedics with medical training established? It may surprise you, but it was in the Hill District in Pittsburgh. Our city has been a center for pioneering medical breakthroughs for decades;
The History Colorado Center is among a select group of eight museums across the country chosen by the National Archives and Records Administration to host the exhibition featuring rare original documents that shaped the nation.
Organizations across New York are being invited to spotlight Black history and the ongoing fight for justice through a new online calendar from the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York