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In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

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Courtney Schermerhorn, a high school U.S. history teacher in Texas, has spent 25 years in the classroom — long enough, she ...

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Every now and then, you need to lighten things up to break up the monotony of Spring Training. In lefty Payton Tolle, who is ...