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History

Dr. Patrick Conley and Luis Hernandez look over historical documents in Conley’s East Providence office.
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The Public’s Radio
The Public’s Radio
Rhode Island is Searching for a New Historian Laureate
Former historian laureate Dr. Patrick Conley has written 27 books on Rhode Island history. He says his successor should be a good speaker who has detailed knowledge of the state’s past
February 13, 2025
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Luis Hernandez
A 1910 watercolor portrait of Belle da Costa Greene by Laura Coombs Hills.
Article
History
History
The Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Passing as White
February 9, 2025
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Deborah W. Parker, University of Virginia
Rhode Island has some history with the big game.
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Sports
Sports
It’s Super Bowl Weekend! Let’s Remember Some of Rhody’s Connections to This Football Spectacle
Way back in Super Bowl III, a Rhode Islander helped change pro football forever
February 7, 2025
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Mike Szostak
The border of Petersham and Barre, Massachusetts.
Article
History
History
‘A Vehicle of Genocide’: These Massachusetts Towns Were Founded on the Killing of Native Americans
February 5, 2025
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Andrew Botolino
At some schools, assemblies or gatherings are held to honor Black leaders, according to the nonpartisan organization the Center for Racial Justice in Education.
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History
History
Black History Month Explained: Its Origins, Celebrations and Myths
February 1, 2025
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AP News
A survivor stands after placing a candle to the Death Wall at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 27. 2025.
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History
History
Auschwitz Memorial Holds Observances on the 80th Anniversary of the Death Camp’s Liberation
January 27, 2025
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AP News
Author Kate Winkler Dawson, at the former site of the Durfee Farm in Fall River, Mass.
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History
History
A Minister Was Acquitted of a Brutal 1832 Fall River Murder. A New Book Revisits the Case
January 27, 2025
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Melissa Gray
FILE - Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., speaks at an unveiling of a portrait of Martin Luther King by artist George Mandus on Feb. 18, 1974, while Gov. Jimmy Carter, right, looks on.
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History
History
The Long Struggle to Establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 20, 2025
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Terry Tang
The Aochi family in the Rohwer, Arkansas, detention camp.
Article
History
History
The Irei Monument Honors Japanese Americans Imprisoned by the US Government During World War II
January 4, 2025
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Susan H. Kamei, USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Cultures
Exeter school campus circa 1942.
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History
History
Documentary on Ladd Center Reveals Abuse of Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled Individuals.

‘The beast is dead. Nazi Germany killed these people. Rhode Island made a commitment to treat them with dignity and respect’

December 23, 2024
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G. Wayne Miller
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