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Did Black lives matter to Abraham Lincoln? It's complicated


Did Black lives matter to Abraham Lincoln? It s complicated
Updated 9:42 AM ET, Sun March 14, 2021
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(CNN)Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed. Some say he was gay. He guest-starred on a Star Trek episode and became a vampire slayer.
Which of these four depictions of Lincoln are true?
All of them, if you believe how Lincoln has been portrayed by some historians and in pop culture. The Great Emancipator has become the great shape-shifter his image has been twisted like licorice to fit all sorts of agendas. He s become a pop icon who has been depicted in South Park, on Robot Chicken and in a Geico insurance ad. Scholars offer wildly different theories about everything from Lincoln s mental health to his romantic proclivities. ....

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Top 8 Black History Month Audiobooks To Learn From


Top 8 Black History Month Audiobooks To Learn From
Top audiobooks to listen and learn from this Black History Month. Photo: pixabay (CC0)
Time and again, words have proven themselves to be very powerful things. There’s no better picture of this than that of Black people using literature as a way to understand the world around them and the beauty and brutality that came with it.
All across the globe, Black people have used words as weapons in fighting against transphobia, colonialism, misogyny, and of course, systemic racism. Words have also been used to tell some of the most wonderful and beautiful stories about them. ....

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