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On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 4 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
Freedom Summer: 60 years since the iconic movement
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 day agoWhen they were granted that right, the lack of knowledge on how to engage, coupled with the fear of violent retaliation and job loss, paved a barrier between Black Mississippi ...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoPress reporter Darren Sands, right, reads the names of United States Colored Troops...his...
Out of Bounds: The history of African Americans and golf in Memphis explained
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoIn 1899, after numerous failed appeals to city leaders for recreational outlets for African ...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
What Paul McCartney said about Steven Van Zandt and other 'Disciple' HBO doc revelations
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTwo such snippets were all the musician had to see to know he had lived his life right. One features...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
National historian, Maine leaders discuss need to better understand our ‘hard histories’
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCivil rights historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries said Americans love nostalgia, not history. Nostalgia is...
50 years ago: When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Notre Dame
Gannett via AOL· 5 days ago"Science and technology have made today's world a neighborhood. We must make it a brotherhood," the...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
The News-Times· 4 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...