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Ural on URLS exploring the civil war on the internet.(afterslavery.com )
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 988 words; ...was a "great missed opportunity" in American history, an international team of scholars...about the end of slavery and how African Americans and whites responded to the changes...celebrate the active roles that African Americans played in securing their own freedom...enclaves. By confining their study to ...

Statshot: numbers that shaped the era.(CIVIL WAR TODAY)(1860 Census )(Brief article)
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 625 words; ...accounted for 40,000 American Indians. It also highlighted...John F. Stover, author of American Railroads, points out that...railroad gauges were in use in the North in 1860. In 1861 8 changes...The most common gauge in the North was 4-foot-8 1/2-inch...

No more McNamaras?(Letter to the editor)
Vietnam; 2/1/2010; 357 words; ...are no "arrogant, condescending, self-aggrandizing" politicians these days interfering with American military strategy affecting our national security. History, indeed, does repeat itself. Lawrence C. Reid North Attleboro, Mass.

1960: Sitting down to take a stand: when four students sat down at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., 50 years ago, they helped re-ignite the civil rights movement.(TIMES PAST)(Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond)
New York Times Upfront; 1/18/2010; 3525 words; ...store in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. They purchased a...Four," were all students at North Carolina A&T (Agricultural...The sit-ins showed that Americans, and young people in particular...67 and living in Charlotte, North Carolina. "But I thought that...

America & the world: the challenges ahead: as we head toward a new decade, president Obama and the nation face a wide range of challenges around the globe.(Cover story)
New York Times Upfront; 1/18/2010; 3336 words; ...after Canada), and its exports fill American store shelves; about 80 percent of the...Wal-Mart are made in China. But many Americans believe China doesn't play by the rules...help in dealing with nuclear threats in North Korea and Iran. (See p. 22.) The...administration is the possibility of Iran and ...