While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

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The Plaza Hotel is a landmark in Manhattan. The 18-story building, designed in the style of a French Renaissance chateau, is located on the southeastern corner of Central Park.

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“During 1944 and 1945, all the Jews of Europe and North Africa were liberated from the brink of extermination, but for those Jews and the entire Jewish people in general ... Google it and learn some ...

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...