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The origins of Juneteenth: History, celebrations and more
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe holiday experienced a resurgence during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Black...
See inside a $300 million Gilded Age mansion built for heirs who died on the Titanic that sat...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn total, there are only two main staircases, but there are seven throughout the residence. Today,...
A Civil War hero got a new statue. Her name is Harriet Tubman.
The Christian Science Monitor· 6 days agoEight years ago, on a campus with the bust and burial site of the incomparable Robert Smalls, Mr....
Bespoken Word – Everybody loves a rebel alliance, but is UK mountain biking playing into the...
Bike Perfect via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoGuy Kesteven asks if the launch of the UK MTB Trail Alliance is another ‘People’s Front of Judea”...
The sound of Sullivan's silence
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner· 6 days agoTo the editor: In a June 9 letter to the FDNM regarding its editorial about a flag incident in Denali National Park, Sen. Sullivan said, in part, “Where ...
Cameron Hamilton says he's the 'most conservative candidate' in 7th District GOP primary
The Daily Progress· 3 days agoCameron Hamilton is one of six Republicans vying for the party’s nomination to represent Virginia’s...
How the US revoked land grants to Black Americans
Mother Jones· 2 days ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles, only to take the land...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 1 day agoJune 1640: Virginia’s General Court created what many are calling the nation’s first slave when the court condemned John Punch, an African, to a life sentence of servitude because he was black ...
Napa Valley Community Report: Carey is winner of Eagle Award
Napa Valley Register· 4 days agoSt. John’s Lutheran School held its annual sports awards night on June 3, recognizing its...
