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What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth marks one of the most important moments in American history: the end of slavery in the...
Wisconsin Teen Damian Haglund Named as Mount Horeb ‘Active Shooter’
Heavy.com· 1 day agoDamian Haglund, 14, has been publicly named as the the rifle-carrying “active shooter” who was shot...
What is 'My Old Kentucky Home'? Explaining the controversy behind traditional Kentucky Derby song |...
Sporting News· 12 hours agoTradition has tended to find a home at Churchill Downs over the years. The Kentucky Derby is an...
Slavery did not make Britain rich, finds report
Daily Telegraph· 4 days agoBy contrast, leading figures including Kemi Badenoch, the Business and Trade Secretary, have hit back to argue that Britain’s wealth was not built on...
They were born into slavery. Then they won the first Kentucky Derby.
Washington Post· 7 hours agoAs the 150th Kentucky Derby kicks off, the achievements of jockey Oliver Lewis and trainer Ansel...
Portugal's debate over colonial and slavery reparations resurfaces
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe previously dormant debate about the country's role in the slave trade and other colonial-era...
Florida pair charged with smuggling Cuban women, forcing them into sex slavery
New York Daily News· 3 days agoTwo people have been arrested in Florida after allegedly smuggling two Cuban women into the U.S. and...
The Church of England's legacy of slavery
The Week· 6 days agoIn 2019, the Audit and Risk Committee of the Church Commissioners (the body that administers its assets) raised questions about possible reputational...
Slavery by another name: New NC historical marker acknowledges post-Civil War convict laborers
WUNC Chapel Hill· 1 day agoThe new marker is a part of a growing effort in western North Carolina to give the men some measure of their identities back and to underline a system that essentially extended slavery ...
6 popular Kentucky Derby traditions explained
KSNW Wichita via Yahoo Sports· 5 hours agoThe singing of the 1850s Stephen Foster tune dates back to 1921, but it has come under more scrutiny recently based on the song’s lyrics and cultural...