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Juneteenth is helping families discover details about enslaved ancestors
Axios· 1 hour agoThe big picture: Never before in U.S. history have descendants been able to easily access so many...
Celebrating Juneteenth & Freedom Is in My DNA — Now I'm Passing the Tradition On
Apartment Therapy via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoMy first experiences with Juneteenth — the day when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas,...
Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
CNN via AOL· 10 hours agoHe later decided to focus on the arts, creating statues of historical African American figures...
Disney opens Tiana’s Bayou Adventure with a Black princess at the helm
The Christian Science Monitor· 4 days agoThe new theme park attraction updates Tiana’s storyline from the 2009 animated film “The Princess...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 23 hours agoThe woman known by many as one of the most important figures of the Black Power Movement was shocked to learn that she has a direct biological connection to the Mayflower. Researchers determined ...
Yuen: Memories of the Jim Crow South haunted a Minnesota man. Then the nightmares terrorized his...
Tribune via AOL· 9 hours agoNightmares afflicted the father of Lee Hawkins Jr. and awoke his son, then just a little boy growing up in the St. Paul suburb of Maplewood. His dad would jostle out of his sleep screaming, ...
'Reclaiming Our Names' 13News Now documentary airs on Juneteenth
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 5 days ago"Roach" is 13News Now anchor Janet Roach's maiden and married name. She's discovering very...
'Perfectly preserved' centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 6 hours agoGeorge Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but...
10 Infamous Serial Killers Who Were Never Caught
MediaFeed via AOL· 3 days agoAs riveting as it is to follow the twisted narratives of serial murderers on screen, many killers have never been caught in real life. Here are 10...
Will anyone close NJ's dark money loophole?
Politico· 5 days agoIn Hackensack at 10:15 a.m. to speak at the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, then Princeton at 4 p.m. for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
