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Today in history
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2011. There are 325 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 9, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected provisional president of the Confederate States of America at a congress held in...Tags: New York, Journalism, London (England), Lifestyle and Leisure, Joe Pesci
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TODAY IN HISTORY
1810: According to some sources, Polish composer Frederic Chopin was born. 1862: Jefferson Davis, already the provisional president of the Confederacy, was inaugurated for a six-year term following his election in Nov. 1861. 1940: The 14th Dalai...Tags: Daytona 500, Dalai Lama, Buddhism, Labor Day, Frederic Chopin
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Another President's Day -- for Jefferson Davis
Top of the TicketToday is the 150th anniversary of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederate States of America.... -
Civil War was about slavery, nothing more
"It is not safe ... to trust $800 million worth of negroes in the hands of a power which says that we do not own the property ... So we must get out ..." - The Daily Constitutionalist, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 1, 1860 "(Northerners) have denounced as sinful...Tags: South Carolina, Slavery, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Social Issues
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Book reviews: Two Civil War anthologies
Special to the Los Angeles TimesHearts Touched by Fire The Best of "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" Edited by Harold Holzer Modern Library: 1,264 pp., $38 The Civil War The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It Edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears and Aaron Sheehan-...Tags: Frederick Douglass, New York, Newspaper and Magazine, Slavery, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Local Student Has Graduation Ceremony In Parents' Home
KIAHJefferson Davis High School Senior Abraham Artega graduated Saturday, and the graduation ceremony was held in his parents dining room. Artega is confined to a wheel chair, and is on a ventilator. Health issues kept him from graduating with the rest of...Tags: Death
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Potential Texas school books: Was Jefferson Davis that bad a guy?
Opinion L.A.Producing the next generation of Reagan worshipers is one thing, but the Texas Board of Education may go a giant leap further: Social studies textbooks may cast Abraham Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis (a traitor to the republic who... -
Fort Monroe: The freedom fort
Daily PressOn the night of May 23, 1861, Frank Baker, Sheppard Mallory and James Townsend slipped into a skiff and rowed across Hampton Roads from Sewell's Point in Norfolk to Old Point Comfort. Being out at night without permission was dangerous for slaves. That...Tags: Republican Party, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Hampton Roads, Colleges and Universities
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Why Retired Military Brass Don't Want Torture
CHARLES KAISER, author of "1968 in America" and "The Gay Metropolis," is completing "The Cost of Courage," a book about a French family that fought in the Resistance in Paris during World War II.FOR ONE 83-year-old veteran of World War II, it was the searing memory of a Japanese prisoner who helped turn the tide on Iwo Jima. For a 40-year veteran of Army intelligence, it was a trip to the battlefield at Gettysburg. For all 43 retired generals and...Tags: Justice System, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Sexual Assault
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Planning your golfing trip to North Carolina
Special to The Los Angeles TimesTHE BEST WAY From LAX, Southwest and US Airways have direct service (stop, no change of plane) to Raleigh, N.C. AirTran, American, Continental, Delta, Northwest and United have connecting service (change of plane). Restricted round-trip fares begin at...Tags: AirTran, U.S. Airways, North Carolina, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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CHAPTER 4: Born a Slave, Bred a Soldier
247-7824Tiny rays of Virginia's radiant sun filter through the thick branches of the walnut trees towering above a two-story farmhouse in James City County. Birds chirp in the distance. Tall, mature crops dance in a light breeze, brushing against each other,...Tags: Family, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Crimes, York County (Virginia)
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W.E.B. Du Bois
Sun ReporterAn overlooked stay in the city NAACP founder Du Bois was Morgan Park resident -------------------- The life of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the civil rights leader, scholar and one of the five founders of the National Association for the...Tags: New York, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Colleges and Universities, Plastic Surgeons
Feb 9, 2011
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Feb 22, 2011
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May 31, 2009
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Feb 5, 2006
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Sep 24, 2006
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Mar 9, 2008
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Jul 26, 2006
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Feb 19, 2007
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