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Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC· 5 days agoIt's Juneteenth 2022 and I am uncomfortable on a New York City beach. When President Joe Biden signed a bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday in...
What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Post-Bulletin· 6 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden. Long a regional holiday in the South, Juneteenth rose in prominence across the country following ...
Forum: Summit on policing will start ongoing conversation on reforms | HeraldNet.com
Everett Herald· 3 days agoSay their names: Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Daunte Wright, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Manny Ellis and too many more. There are two worlds that must be ...
What does Juneteenth mean in an era of ongoing racial unrest? Study and celebrate more.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAny events that become catalysts for change (such as the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, ...
What You Need to Know About Juneteenth
E! News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNearly 160 years after the last of the enslaved African-Americans were freed, Juneteenth celebrations commemorating that fateful day have taken on a...
Arndrea Waters King: Mark Robinson is no Martin Luther King Jr.
Greensboro News & Record· 4 days agoIt can breathe life into social movements — or rally millions to uphold white supremacy. Dr. Martin...
Panther Power
High Times· 5 days agoParis was born and raised in San Francisco, California, the Bay Area’s big sister city to Oakland, home of the Black Panther Party (BPP). Founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in 1966, the ...
When did Juneteenth become a federal holiday? It may have been recognized in 2021 but its roots are...
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe acknowledgement came as America grappled over the treatment of people of color by police and other institutions following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoThe Department of Justice has charged three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery with hate crimes. Travis McMichael, 35; his father, Gregory McMichael, 65; and William “Roddie” Bryan, 51, were ...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 5 days agoThe legacy of those laws is still being dismantled. The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other African Americans at the hands of police have...
