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Louisville Juneteenth Festival celebrates freedom, history of African American community
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThe event, which has food, vendors and entertainment, will continue until the evening with an after...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoKnown as Juneteenth in Texas, Emancipation Days symbolized America’s attempt to free the enslaved...
Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families, conservatism
Austin American-Statesman· 3 days agoRep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, recently tried...
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoJuneteenth marks the day on June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation ...
19 Juneteenth Facts To Celebrate Black Independence Day
Blavity via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJuneteenth, celebrated on June nineteenth, is coming up and it is time for sorrowful reflection but...
Trump says he can't be racist because he has 'many Black friends'
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn fact, a super PAC affiliated with the GOP senator launched a campaign last week to attract voters...
See the Photographs That Introduced Americans to Their Presidents
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoWhen presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln arrived at Mathew Brady’s New York City studio to pose for a picture, the pioneering photographer left nothing ...
For Jamie Raskin, Democratic warrior wit, the hits keep on coming
The Baltimore Banner· 5 days ago“Our last great Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, didn’t know whether Americans could long...
Let's Raise a Glass to These 35 Great Beer Quotes
Parade via Yahoo News· 3 days ago—Sam Adams 2. "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring...
Editorial: The history, and hypocrisy, of the upside-down American flag
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAn upside-down U.S. flag outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s home is the latest...