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What does the name 'Juneteenth' mean? When is Juneteenth? All about the federal holiday
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe day commemorates the day the slaves liberated by the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation —...
Southern Baptist Convention disdains female ministers, but merit should eclipse misogyny
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoFrom the Civil War to the 19th Amendment to the Civil Rights Movement, the arc of history has always...
Kevin Costner can’t say why Fort Worth loves him, except he can relate to ‘that DNA’
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 hours ago“Horizon: An American Saga” is a four-part Western about America’s westward expansion before and...
This wealthy white enclave was once home to newly freed Black Americans
Mother Jones· 8 hours ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
Evidence of Iran and UAE drones used in Sudan war
BBC via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoLike most of the city, the building had fallen into the hands of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at the start of the civil war</ ...
Number of people fleeing violence hits new peak
BBC via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoMore than nine million people have left their homes in Sudan during the civil war [Reuters] A record-breaking 120 million people have ...
Finally, a specific accounting of land stolen from the formerly enslaved
Mother Jones· 8 hours ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
Celebrate Juneteenth with these 8 events in Bucks County area
Gannett via AOL· 5 hours agoThe news that the Civil War had ended and the enslaved were now free came more than two years after...
Black History Collective of Henderson County to put on Juneteenth events
Gannett via AOL· 12 hours agoJuneteenth, observed every year on June 19, commemorates the emancipation of African Americans in...
Why South Sudan fans sang Sudan's national anthem
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 2 hours agoBelief amid disruption Sudan fans made themselves heard in the 7,000-capacity Juba National Stadium [BackpagePix] The civil war has seen ...