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10:10 pm UTC May. 20, 2021 Illustration by Jennifer Borresen; Getty Images In Jamaica a few years ago, during a period when I was doing research on slavery for USA TODAY’s 1619 project, I heard reggae songs that spoke about “the half that has never been told.” I learned that Rastafarians and many others believe that much of history has been censored, recounted inaccurately or omitted altogether.  Thinking about it more, I recalled what I learned in middle school about the renowned explorers of old. Men like Marco Polo, Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus sailed...

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12:30 pm UTC May. 20, 2021 Illustration by Jennifer Borresen; Getty Images In Jamaica a few years ago, during a period when I was doing research on slavery for USA TODAY’s 1619 project, I heard reggae songs that spoke about “the half that has never been told.” I learned that Rastafarians and many others believe that much of history has been censored, recounted inaccurately or omitted altogether.  Thinking about it more, I recalled what I learned in middle school about the renowned explorers of old. Men like Marco Polo, Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus sailed...