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Here’s where to celebrate Juneteenth around South Florida
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIt’s almost time for the celebrations and sounds of Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating...
London doesn’t need an African Goddess, Sadiq Khan. Why not British abolitionists?
Daily Telegraph· 7 days agoIf the statue of a slaver is to be replaced, perhaps it should not be with the deity of a slaving ...
Juneteenth events in the area
The Eagle-Tribune· 1 hour agoThe event is billed as “a dynamic event highlighting our shared connection through the African diaspora.” Through engaging vendors, historical re-enactments, and shared historical artifacts, ...
What If Reconstruction Didn’t End Till 1920?
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTheir goal, in this view, was to create an industrial-capitalist state based on wage, not slave, labor and on par with liberal empires in Europe. Sinha...
‘End Slavery in California Act’ clears key hurdle
ABC 10 Sacramento· 2 days agoAn effort to end forced labor for inmates is underway. It’s a key legislative priority of California’s first-in-the-nation Reparations Task Force, and...
Opal Lee’s Walk for Freedom won’t be in Fort Worth this year, but its mission is unchanged
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 2 days agoThe popular Juneteenth walk by Fort Worth’s Opal Lee is being moved to Dallas this year but its mission to recognize the importance of the holiday remains the same. Opal’s Walk for Freedom will ...
‘Wide Awake’ Review: On the March for Lincoln
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days ago-Americans became Wide Awakes, with the Ohio lawyer John Mercer Langston (later a congressman representing Virginia) and the Bostonian Lewis Hayden, a...
Seven new ice cream flavours and the Pope: Italy prepares to host G7
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt was denounced by their unions as having “inhuman” conditions, resembling those of ancient slave...
End AP African American Studies? I don’t know how much more Black people in SC can take. | Opinion
The State via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoIt’s the kind of white supremacy that protects racist Confederate statues and monuments on public...
ICYMI digest | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 3 hours agoFor starters, a report on economic racial inequality released this week is eye-opening. A lot of people might presuppose that the states with the...
