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Auschwitz survivors share their stories on 75th anniversary of camp liberation

Auschwitz survivors share their stories on 75th anniversary of camp liberation

More than a million people died in the Nazi death camp, most of them Jews. After the war, some survivors settled in Minnesota. Two women, now in their 90s, recently shared their Holocaust stories with MPR News.
by Tim Nelson

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Hidden for decades, work of Minnesota photographer gets its own museum exhibit

Hidden for decades, work of Minnesota photographer gets its own museum exhibit

After sitting unseen and largely forgotten for more than a quarter century, a trove of images taken by a Minnesota photographer in the 1940s and 1950s are on display in a new museum exhibit in Winona.
by Andrew Krueger

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Rep. John Lewis' fight for civil rights began with a letter to Martin Luther King Jr.

Rep. John Lewis' fight for civil rights began with a letter to Martin Luther King Jr.

As a teenager growing up in Alabama, Lewis wrote a letter to Martin Luther King Jr. during the budding civil rights movement. In a letter back, King invited the 18-year-old to join the cause.
by Emma Bowman, Aisha Turner and Kerrie Hillman

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U.S. Navy to name aircraft carrier after World War II hero Doris Miller

U.S. Navy to name aircraft carrier after World War II hero Doris Miller

Miller was a mess attendant on the West Virginia when he jumped in to man a machine gun during the Pearl Harbor attack. He is the first African American to have an aircraft carrier named after him.
by Laurel Wamsley

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Events, history to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Events, history to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Whether you want to celebrate at an event or by revisiting some of his famous speeches, there are plenty of ways to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on his namesake holiday.
by MPR News Staff

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History Forum: White women and their role in upholding white supremacy

History Forum: White women and their role in upholding white supremacy

Historian Elizabeth Gillespie McRae speaks at the History Forum about the role white women played in maintaining white supremacy in America.

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Education on history of Indian boarding schools gets a boost

Education on history of Indian boarding schools gets a boost

A national organization based in Minnesota is trying to educate people about the trauma Native American children suffered at government run boarding schools, and promote healing in Native communities across the country. A new $10 million grant will help support that effort.
by Dan Gunderson

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Renovation chief: Notre Dame Cathedral is not saved yet

Renovation chief: Notre Dame Cathedral is not saved yet

The French general overseeing the reconstruction of fire-devastated Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is not saved yet because there's still a risk its vaulted ceilings might collapse.
by The Associated Press

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