History

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URI professor David Faflik’s new book explores how race, sports fandom and the making of Red Sox Nation collided in 1970s Boston
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Newport entered the war as one of North America’s great ports. By the end, Providence was on the rise
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Enslaved and free Black men and Indigenous soldiers formed one of the Revolutionary War’s most remarkable fighting forces
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Nathanael Greene rose from a Coventry forge to become one of the American Revolution’s most trusted commanders
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Fifty years after Rhode Island’s first Pride Parade, the lawyer who helped secure the permit looks back on the fight that established Rhode Island’s annual Pride tradition
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The Center will feature rotating exhibitions, programs and special events highlighting the historical contributions of Black Newporters
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A daring nighttime raid in Narragansett Bay came before the Boston Tea Party and helped push the colonies toward a united response to Britain
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A beloved historic sign, saved from the scrap heap, faces a steep financial road back to the city skyline
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“Revolution to Reclamation” invites visitors to reconsider the country’s founding from Native perspectives
Dolan Perkins-Valdez says her story about a secret community of formerly enslaved people in the Appalachians is resonating in Rhode Island