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Juneteenth is helping families discover details about enslaved ancestors
Axios· 17 hours 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· 24 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.com· 1 day agoIn the early hours of June 2, 1863, Union army gunboats idled along the banks of South Carolina’s...
Disney opens Tiana’s Bayou Adventure with a Black princess at the helm
The Christian Science Monitor· 5 days agoThe new theme park attraction updates Tiana’s storyline from the 2009 animated film “The Princess...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 11 hours agoRobinson broke the color barrier on April 15, 1947, in professional sports in America and became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball ...
Wes Moore and the politics of cannabis
Politico· 20 hours agoLisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) wears many hats. And now she’s seeking to add another: She’s vying to become Delaware’s first woman and the first African ...
'Reclaiming Our Names' 13News Now documentary airs on Juneteenth
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 6 days ago"Roach" is 13News Now anchor Janet Roach's maiden and married name. She's discovering very...
Yuen: Memories of the Jim Crow South haunted a Minnesota man. Then the nightmares terrorized his...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 day 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, ...
Will anyone close NJ's dark money loophole?
Politico· 6 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.
10 Infamous Serial Killers Who Were Never Caught
MediaFeed via AOL· 4 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...
