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How a renovation made the Supreme Court a friendlier place Jul 23, 2018

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One simple change to how the Supreme Court bench was designed made a world of difference to how the justices communicated.

The Mountaintop Jul 20, 2018

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On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was in Memphis to support sanitation workers who were protesting for their civil rights. It was there that King delivered his last speech.

The most romantic day Jul 19, 2018

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From all over the country, couples rushed to Las Vegas to get married. The demand for quickie weddings was at a fever pitch. But it wasn't Cupid's arrow causing the frenzy. It was the Vietnam War.

The night America burned Jul 18, 2018

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The deadliest wildfire in U.S. history wasn’t in California.

All the presidents' ghosts Jul 17, 2018

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Whether you believe in this stuff or not, the many accounts that have spilled out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue over two centuries give ghosts an undeniable place in the country’s history.

Don't mess with Harriet Tubman Jul 16, 2018

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She was just 5 feet tall. There was once a $40,000 bounty on her head. She suffered seizures throughout her life. She never gave up. She never gave in.

The epic bender that launched America Jul 13, 2018

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Washington and his fellow partiers racked up a bill of $15,000 in today’s currency celebrating the completion of the Constitution.

A Supreme Court justice morally opposed abortion, but voted to legalize it Jul 12, 2018

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The justice who helped persuade a majority of the Supreme Court to legalize abortion found the practice unthinkable — personally, but not constitutionally.

Eartha Kitt confronted the first lady and it nearly ruined her career Jul 11, 2018

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At a White House luncheon, actress Eartha Kitt would not let the president or the first lady avoid the issue of the Vietnam War. She paid a heavy price for her boldness.

Oregon, America’s first and only state to begin as "whites-only" Jul 10, 2018

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Oregon’s original constitution banned black people from the state, and the law stayed in the constitution for well over 100 years.

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