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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Juneteenth Has Gone Mainstream. Should Everyone Be Celebrating?
Capital B via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThis story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Juneteenth has been celebrated for...
Local class gets WWII history lesson in Europe
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids· 17 hours agoOne local teacher is giving her students a firsthand history lesson. The excitement was building as students and their families checked in for their...
Why we have runoff primaries in Texas
Baytown Sun· 10 hours agoAfter a recent column about the May runoff primary, a few people asked me how runoffs ever came to be. Brace yourself for a history lesson.
Brevard history lesson: Who were Harry and Harriette Moore, slain civil rights activists?
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoStory of Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore" at their June 29 celebration at the Moore Memorial Park in...
The Juneteenth history lesson these Richmond churches taught its congregation: 'It should be...
CBS 6 Richmond· 8 hours agoSt. Peter's, St. Philip's, and St. John's held a church service at Peter Paul RVA, filled with songs of liberation and a history lesson on Juneteenth and ...
Why Juneteenth Belongs In Our Kids' History Lessons
SheKnows via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhen my son was in elementary school, two mom friends and I became aligned in our desire to teach our boys about important dates in Black history....
Celebrations and commemorations held for Juneteenth around Chicago
CBS News· 2 hours agoJuneteenth National Independence Day became a legal public holiday in 2021, passed almost...
Classic car collector revs up Medina County history lesson
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 16 hours agoCurtis Perkins holds the key to a lot of Medina history -- and to a number of classic cars. On June...
Netflix’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ Footage Showcased During ABFF’s Denzel Washington Retrospective
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoSpeaking about career highlights, the conversation’s biggest moments included Washington FaceTiming...