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The Root· 3 hours agoThe answers to these questions are complex, and historians have been arguing for some time over whether free blacks purchased family members as slaves in order to protect them — motivated, on ...
Black Homesteaders Are Finding Freedom Through Sustainable Living—You Can, Too
Parents via Yahoo News· 5 hours ago“The focus is more on gardening and other activities outside of keeping animals or owning large...
How the US revoked land grants to Black Americans
Mother Jones· 4 hours 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...
A TIME FOR CELEBRATION, REFLECTION
Napa Valley Register· 4 days agoAmerican Canyon's wildly popular Juneteenth celebration kicks off this Sunday, ahead of the actual June 19 holiday, to embrace how far the country has...
Jackson council voted to remove the Andrew Jackson statue in 2020. Why is it still standing?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBut he was also a slave owner, owning a plantation in Coahoma County along with a plantation in...
GoLocalProv | News | Whitcomb: Beacon Hill is the Boss; Nukes Look Nice Again; Ignoring History
GoLocalProv· 2 days agoCitizens Bank PHOTO: File Companies and their senior executives will always try to play states off...
Why Chris Pratt Wants to Authentically Represent Military on Screen: 'Get It Right'
Movieguide· 7 days agoNo stranger to playing military roles, actor Chris Pratt tries to be as authentic as he can when it...
For Juneteenth, visit these sites to learn about Black history in Austin
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNeill-Cochran House Museum (2310 San Gabriel St.): This site in West Campus is home to one of the...
Cape Ann gets set for Juneteenth observance
Gloucester Daily Times· 5 days agoCape Ann is celebrating Juneteenth with speeches, readings and colorful displays this weekend and on the federal holiday. The Juneteenth observances commemorate the emancipation of enslaved ...
How Fat Bastard, Cartman, and Jabba the Hut Conspired to Ruin My Life
The Daily Beast· 7 days agoIn this exclusive excerpt from his new memoir “T-Shirt Swim Club,” comedian Ian Karmel writes about...
