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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The lawyer and politician Thaddeus Stevens devoted his life to eradicating class and racial divisions, championing ...

As all of this shameful racist stuff has been going on more than usual, I took the time to read about a man who long ago set the standard for white people to step up and not just say what somebody ...

In a speech before Congress in January 1862, Lancaster’s U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens characterized his relationship with fellow Lancaster resident and former President James Buchanan. “Mr. Buchanan is ...