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Carter’s next potential milestone: First former president to see 100
Washington Post· 2 days agoJimmy Carter has been in hospice care for 16 months, but he continues to eat well and defy the odds...
The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
Juneteenth is a time for assessment
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEliza Anderson, Deseret News On Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation, which was signed by President Abraham Lincoln, became effective. The purpose...
Ellie MacPherson to Present BABE LINCOLN at Edinburgh Fringe This Summer
Broadway World· 4 days agoWriter, performer, and historian (the funny kind) Ellie MacPherson will return to Edinburgh Fringe...
"When you know you're free; it takes it to a whole, entirely different level."
FOX 4 News· 4 days agoJune 19th, 1865, is a crucial part of American history. It was the day that a general went to Galveston, Texas, to share the news that all slaves were free under President Lincoln's leadership ...
Editor’s Weekly Column: Biden Age Offers ‘Valuable Perspective,’ Says Post - Falls Church News-Press...
Falls Church News-Press· 4 days agoWhat a decent, nice guy Joe Biden truly is! Politics today operates on the assumption there is no...
Letters to the Editor: Readers discuss lack of Grand Island Cemetery upkeep, Willie Mays
Grand Island Independent· 3 days agoThis year with new graves being covered with new sod, the rest of these areas look so bleak and...
Juneteenth: Black Congress members from Ohio discuss progress and problems since holiday’s...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 5 days agoIt took more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation for...
From 2007: A Q&A with Hesburgh about Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoKing did? You see, great leaders are not common or numerous in any country. Let's just look at the...