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Library of Congress / Harper's Weekly The Battle for Memorial Day in New Orleans
A century and a half after the Civil War, Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked his city to reexamine its past—and to wrestle with hard truths.
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J.C. Buttre / Wikimedia Frederick Douglass, Refugee
Throughout modern history, the millions forced to flee as refugees and beg for asylum have felt Douglass’s agony, and thought his thoughts.
