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Hidden History: Slave cemetery uncovered in Maryland
The Maryland Department of Transportation has uncovered a long forgotten slave cemetery, and descendants of slaves who may have been buried on the property.
Hidden History
Hidden History: Kansas is home to first, all-black settlement west of Mississippi
A little Kansas town with big history tells a much different story about survival after slavery.
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Hidden History: ‘Ellis Island’ for African-Americans
Thousands of escaped slaves poured into Fort Monroe, which became known as "Freedom's Fort" and is even referred to as the "Ellis Island for ...
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Hidden History: The history of Eatonville
About six miles north of the bustling city of Orlando is a tiny town steeped in history.
Black History Month
Hidden History: One man’s bones tell a story of slavery
An enslaved man who passed in 1798, was used not only in life but in death by the surgeon who owned him.
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Hidden History: Jesse Owens Museum in Alabama stands as monument to overcoming adversity
Jesse Owens's accomplishments were monumental in the 20th Century, but the impact that this Alabama native had on the sporting world is still felt toda...
Black History Month
Hidden History: Inside the wreck that could help find last US slave ship
The remains of what was thought to be the last known ship to bring slaves from Africa to America were discovered in the Mobile Delta.
Black History Month
Hidden History: Dreamland Barbecue, once almost a mortuary, becomes Alabama’s flavor ambassador
Dreamland Barbeque has come a long way since it opened as a hillside cafe in Tuscaloosa in the late 1950's, and if it wasn't for a dream, Dreamland coul...
Hidden History
Hidden History: A.G. Gaston leaves stamp on Birmingham through civil rights movement
Just around the corner from the famous Kelly Ingram Park is a motel full of civil rights history.
Black History Month
Hidden History: America’s oldest ballpark was built on Birmingham memories
In the early days of Birmingham's steel industry, industrial titan Rick Woodward built a state of the art ballpark in the shadows of the Birmingham steel mi...
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Hidden History: Indianapolis reverend recalls lessons learned from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Let's take a walk in history through the eyes of an Indianapolis reverend who was up-front with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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