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Today in History: September 8, Ford pardons Nixon

Sep. 08, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 8, the 252nd day of 2024. There are 114 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 8, 1974, one month after taking office, President Gerald R. Ford granted a “full, free, and absolute pardon” to former...

New Orleans civil rights icon Tessie Prevost dead at 69

Jul. 22, 2024 16:02 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Funeral services will be held Saturday for one of four Black girls who helped integrate New Orleans public schools in 1960. Tessie Prevost Williams, known as one of the “New Orleans Four,” died July 6 following a series of medical complications. She was 69. ...