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Declaration of Independence

The first page of the Constitution, shown in bounded book.
Nov 1

Sotheby’s Will Auction a First Printing of the U.S. Constitution, One of Only Two in Private Hands

Sotheby's hopes the upcoming sale of a copy of the Constitution will match last year's record-breaking $43.2 million auction.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States of America.
Jul 27

Thomas Jefferson’s Record on Slavery Wasn’t All Bad

Though he owned slaves, he banned the slave trade as president.
By John A. Tures
Don't put secret messages on the split screen.
Sep 28

Debate-Themed Twitter Campaign for ‘Birth of a Nation’ Fails Miserably

The film was already under a cloud of suspicion because of a rape scandal from writer-director-star Nate Parker's past.
By John Bonazzo
The Confederate flag is seen next to the monument of the victims of the Civil War in Columbia, South Carolina on June 20, 2015. The racially divisive Confederate battle flag flew at full-mast despite others flying at half-staff in South Carolina after the killing of nine black people in an historic African-American church in Charleston on June 17. Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old white male suspected of carrying out the Emanuel African Episcopal Methodist Church bloodbath, was one of many southern Americans who identified with the 13-star saltire in red, white and blue. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Jun 23

Let the Confederacy Finally Die

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
The original Declaration. (National Archives and Records Administration)
Apr 29

David Rubenstein Will Give Copies of Rare 1823 Declaration of Independence to U.S. Embassies

By Andrew Russeth
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