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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 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...
A Miami-Dade man, 83, believes his father was among the last Americans born into slavery
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe holiday’s roots trace back to June 19, 1865, when U.S. troops led by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger...
Metro-east civil rights leaders discuss the importance of the Juneteenth holiday
Belleville News-Democrat· 41 minutes ago“It’s a holiday for every person who believes the peculiar institution of slavery was wrong and that...
30-year Cy-Fair ISD teacher fights board’s removal of science textbook chapters
Community Impact· 5 days agoAlicia Royer, who has been teaching science at Cypress Falls High School for 30 years, said she was...
Bill Belichick's viral doorbell camera moment takes new twist amid love life rumors: report
Fox News· 36 minutes agoBill Belichick went viral in November during the NFL season when a doorbell camera caught him...
Cy-Fair ISD textbook omissions, library policy being reviewed Monday
ABC13 Houston· 2 days agoBefore the last day of school on May 31, the board approved cutting half of its librarian positions...
Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFor the formerly enslaved Black people in Texas, Juneteenth meant more than freedom. It meant...
Opinion: Juneteenth: New Ways to Teach about Slavery, Black Perseverance and U.S. History
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoWhenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as...
Cy-Fair ISD trustees vote to give themselves prior review of library materials | Houston Public...
Houston Public Media· 20 hours agoTrustees for Cy-Fair ISD, a month after voting to remove sciencetextbook chapters that touch on...
Cy-Fair ISD Trustees Uphold Widely-Criticized Move To Gut Science Chapters
Houston Press· 1 day agoOn Monday night, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD trustees backed their prior decision to remove over a dozen...