The Civil War was eight years away when a hearing convened in Uniontown to decide the fates of runaway slaves Charlotte, Liz, and Willis Greene, under the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.The year was 1853. The Greenes were the children of Alex and Evalina Greene, former slaves themselves who ...
WASHINGTON - Academic intellectuals, who often are the last to understand things, seem unable to fathom this: They might be taken more seriously if they did not take themselves so seriously. Which is why it is in their interest to stop the spreading practice of having colleges and universities ...
On Tuesday, Josh Shapiro became PennsylvaniaĢƵ 48th governor, taking the oath on a Hebrew Bible that had been in the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Oct. 27, 2018, when 11 congregants were killed in the worst act of antisemitic violence in the countryĢƵ history.“Pennsylvanians ...