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The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 days agoThis week, many Floridians celebrated Emancipation Day to commemorate May 20, 1865 —the day the ...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 5 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
Civil War tablets honoring Amherst veterans help open high schoolers’ eyes to unsung Black history
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 1 day agoAfrican American soldiers from Amherst who served in the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow· 7 days agoJuneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the...
Gov. Andy Beshear signs Juneteenth and CROWN Act executive orders
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoGov. Andy Beshear signed two executive orders honoring Black history and protecting hair...
The Rich History Of Drinking Hibiscus Tea On Juneteenth
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA cornerstone of Black history, hibiscus tea has maintained a stronghold in the culture. Despite its...
James Longstreet’s Lessons in Leadership
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoGrant (he attended Grant’s wedding) had no illusions as to what the war was about: slavery. As he recounted in his memoirs, the Emancipation Proclamation
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Hoodline· 3 hours agoWashington, D.C.-Crime & EmergenciesCrime & Emergencies in ...All CitiesWashington, D.C.FBI Pittsburgh Urges Public to Help Locate Stolen Andy Warhol...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIf you don’t know African American history, you don’t know American history.” The month-long...
On this day in history, May 23, 1900, Sgt. William H. Carney receives Medal of Honor
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOn this day in history, Sgt. William Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor — the first...