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Eugene community celebrates Juneteenth
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoThe holiday rose to prominence in 2020 amid the nationwide protests about racial inequality after the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Breonna Taylor...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoAs the Black Lives Matter movement gained renewed power across the country and abroad the previous...
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The Root· 2 days agoEx-Louisville officer Brett Hankison, accused of shooting aimlessly into Breonna Taylor’s apartment, is expected to be retried in federal court. Hankison ...
The Sparrow House founder demolished family home to build a resource center in its place -...
The Business Journals· 2 days agoDomestic worker Evelyn Sparrow purchased a home at 1518 Prentice St., near St. Stephen Baptist...
What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Post-Bulletin· 2 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 ...
LMPD officer accused of sexual harassment is still working, but the chief isn't. Here's why
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe mayor, in turn, can suspend or fire the police chief at any time. In June 2020, at the onset of protests in Louisville over the police killing of < ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 days agoSergeant Kyle Meany, one of the officers present the night Breonna Taylor was murdered has been fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department. On Friday ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 days agoJesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton from sitting in the court’s gallery during the trial and rightfully, those motions failed. An entirely different scenario is playing out in Kentucky, where ...
CNN Anchor: ‘Overwhelming’ Family Bombshell Gave New Meaning to Juneteenth
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCNN anchor Victor Blackwell has opened up about his own personal connection to Juneteenth after he...
The Virginia NAACP Files Lawsuit Against School Board Ruling To Reinstate Confederate Leaders’ Names
Blavity via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe NAACP Virginia State Conference and others have filed a federal lawsuit against the decision to...
