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Editorial: Juneteenth isn't a holiday just for Black people. Everyone should celebrate freedom
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoJuneteenth, a federal holiday, is about honoring fortitude, perseverance and, yes, optimism. Those...
'The heart of Austin beats here': Juneteenth, visit city's only intact slave quarters
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoWho we are today, as a city is predicated on how we got here, and so many of the complexities of...
A RISD professor’s fascinating discovery about a former slave - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 6 hours agoSchroeder: I was working on a book on the history of nostalgia. Harriet’s son went with his Uncle...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 1 day agoThe answers to these questions are complex, and historians have been arguing for some time over whether free blacks purchased family members as slaves in order to protect them — motivated, on ...
A white mob in Ohio denied land to hundreds of former slaves, a lawmaker wants to right that wrong
Ohio Capital Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDuring the height of summer in 1846, a mob of white Mercer County residents surrounded a group of...
On land, they could be enslaved. At sea, they were whaling captains who made history. - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 8 hours agoWhat makes Cuffe’s story remarkable is that he accomplished all this as a Black and Native American...
Progress Is Won by Pursuing Justice, Not Waiting Patiently in Line
The Chronicle of Philanthropy· 2 hours agoAnother year when people — primarily people of color — are asked to put aside differences and come together to save our country. What is the responsibility of philanthropy in yet another moment ...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoKnown as Juneteenth in Texas, Emancipation Days symbolized America’s attempt to free the enslaved...
Ron English: Maximizing the meaning behind Juneteenth (Opinion)
The Charleston Gazette· 7 days agoJuneteenth appropriately comes before July Fourth to raise our awareness that the reality of racism...
Disney+ premieres Nat Geo’s ‘Clotilda’ documentary about descendants of America’s last slave ship -...
WTOP Washington· 4 days ago“In 1808, the slave trade had been made illegal, so nobody was supposed to be bringing ships across...
