Civil War
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Mississippi has not elected a Democratic senator since 1982, and Colom would be its first Black senator since the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
In the decade following the Civil War and the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments, Black people began to participate fully in civil society.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
The whitewashed building, which has been here since the days of the American Civil War, rises from the surrounding scrub and sits about 200 yards from the Rio Grande river itself.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“To write a film about Lorca and the Civil War called for something refreshing, something pop, something that entices you to look at the screen, something new — and he has it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
No doubt it started growing long before the camps, long before the Second World War and the First World War, probably before the Civil War, and maybe even before the United States was a country.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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