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A Black man will portray a white Civil War general in a tour of Newark's historic Mt. Pleasant Cemetery on Monday

<p>Komozi Woodard, Jeanne Theoharis and Robyn Spencer-Antoine discuss the 10th anniversary of an important monthly discussion series hosted by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York.&nbsp;</p>

The president of Congregation Ahavas Sholom, a Conservative synagogue, said praying with Israelites should be "normal."

Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images The use of federal troops for domestic law enforcement is legally restricted by the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the Insurrection Act of 1807. But the military has been called out on multiple occasions in response to civil unrest — and it hasn't just been the National Guard, either. How federal troops are used in domestic law enforcement is governed by a pair of laws — the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the Insurrection Act of 1807. Those dictate circumstances in which federal troops can be deployed on American so...

6 Times the Military Was Used to Suppress Civilian Uprisings in the US A soldier standing guard on the corner of 7th & N Street NW in Washington D.C. with the ruins of buildings that were destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress) How federal troops are used in domestic law enforcement is governed by a pair of laws -- the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the Insurrection Act of 1807. Those dictate circumstances in which federal troops can be deployed on American soil, including natural disaster, terrorist attack...