Douglas Brinkley

While the old spiritual 'Slavery Chain Done Broke at Last' was sung by blacks in the hours following the Appomattox surrender, racism sadly continues to be a crippling national scourge.

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These are some quotes by American author Douglas Brinkley Author, who was born on December 14, 1960.

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I'm not a historian who thinks Confederate memorials should be boarded up.

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Nixon was always willing to be bipartisan, so there are a lot of surprises in the man.

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Theodore Roosevelt had been enthralled with the idea of Texas since 1883, when he arrived in the Dakota Territory to ranch cattle.

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The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.

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