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Daryl Davis Sits Down with the Klan
Daryl Davis is a Black blues musician who first met a Klansman after a gig, when a white man came up to say he'd never heard a Black man play piano like Jerry Lee Lewis.
Stone and Smith Shook Hands
On Saturday, January 1, 1832, two groups of believers met at the Hill Street church in Lexington, Kentucky: the Christians who followed Barton W. Stone and the reformers associated with Alexander Campbell.
The Christmas Truce of 1914
Picture the first winter of World War I. British and German soldiers are freezing in muddy trenches, sometimes close enough to shout across to each other.
The Prayer Meeting That Lasted 100 Years
In early 1727, the Moravian settlement of Herrnhut in Germany was a mess. About 300 people lived there, and they were full of arguing and division.
With Malice Toward None
On March 4, 1865, with the Civil War nearly over, Abraham Lincoln gave his second inaugural address. Instead of gloating, he spoke of both sides humbly.