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Sculptor Joe Howard shakes hands with people who came to see the unveiling of his statue honoring Black men who enlisted in the US Colored Troops.

A statue honoring the US Colored Troops was unveiled across the street from a Confederate monument in Tennessee

By Nicole Chavez and Claudia Dominguez, CNN When numerous cities across America fought to remove Confederate monuments, a city in Tennessee chose to refocus attention on the contributions of Black people in the Civil War. After years of planning, the city of Franklin, Tennessee, unveiled a statue of a United States Colored Troops soldier on

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Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis said he plans to sign legislation during an upcoming special session to award a $5

DeSantis says plan to offer $5,000 bonuses to out-of-state police relocating to Florida is not related to vaccine mandates

By Gregory Lemos, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday his plan to offer $5,000 bonuses to law enforcement officers who relocate to Florida for jobs has nothing to do with Covid-19 vaccine mandates roiling big-city police departments. “It will be available to anyone who comes. If people are saying it’s a vaccine issue, it’s

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James Fields drove his car through a crowd of counterprotesters. Dozens were injured and Heather Heyer

Jurors to decide whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally organizers prepared for a violent showdown from the start

By Amir Vera, CNN Four years after White supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, for the “Unite the Right” rally, a civil trial that started Monday will decide whether organizers had predetermined the event would turn violent. Dozens were injured and one person died in the chaos surrounding the rally. “There is one thing about this

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James Fields drove his car through a crowd of counterprotesters. Dozens were injured and Heather Heyer

Jurors to decide whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally organizers prepared for a violent showdown from the start

By Amir Vera, CNN Four years after White supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, for the “Unite the Right” rally, a civil trial that started Monday will decide whether organizers had predetermined the event would turn violent. Dozens were injured and one person died in the chaos surrounding the rally. “There is one thing about this

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