Gillian Brockell

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Before questions about his Playboy interview with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Haley faced charges of plagiarism and inaccuracy in "Roots."

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Alex Haley’s transcript of his famous Playboy interview with Martin Luther King Jr. does not match what was published, author Jonathan Eig says.

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South Africans have demanded the return of the Cullinan diamonds, which will feature heavily during King Charles III’s coronation Saturday.

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Some Republican lawmakers are trying to relax child labor regulations, which are rooted in the public outcry over Lewis Hine's photographs.

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When Benjamin Franklin leaked important letters to American colonists, he asked to keep them private. They ended up in the Boston Gazette.

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Not every military leader from a Confederate state pulled a Robert E. Lee.

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Samuel Chase was the only Supreme Court justice to be impeached, after he openly campaigned for a president and told jurors who he thought was guilty.

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Union soldiers improvised a Passover celebration near what's now Fayetteville, W.Va. They're being honored with a sign at the approximate site.

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From Jane Fonda and O.J. Simpson to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., mug shots reveal the arrests of the famous and powerful.