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The Root· 5 days agoLet’s start with the basics, restricting access to abortion is an awful violation of people’s (this is not just a women’s issue), right to bodily autonomy. There’s a ton of evidence, that when ...
Juneteenth Colors of Freedom in the North Country celebrations June 22
Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe event begins at 9 a.m. with a Welcome, Moment of Prayer and a Brief History of Juneteenth at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum, 1131 Mace Chasm ...
Beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek honored with US Postal Service Forever Stamp
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe stamps cover the cost of mailing a one-ounce letter, even if the rate for mailing the letter...
Belpre Historical Society hosts Juneteenth open house
The Marietta Times· 2 days agoBELPRE – The Mid-Ohio Valley was a “hotbed of abolitionism” and the local history of the Underground...
Mexico was a destination for escaped slaves — one woman risked everything to get them there
NBC NEWS· 5 days agoAlong the winding Rio Grande in South Texas lies a history many have never heard, of a southern...
The site of the first free Black town in the U.S. is being rebuilt near St. Augustine
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn the mid-1980s, then-University of Florida graduate student Jane Landers hit the archives to...
Belpre Historical Society hosts Juneteenth open house
The Marietta Times· 6 days agoBELPRE – The Mid-Ohio Valley was a “hotbed of abolitionism” and the local history of the Underground...
Review | The best audiobook narrators are true artists. Let’s celebrate them.
Washington Post· 12 hours agoJune is Audiobook Appreciation Month, a time to celebrate the great art of audiobook narration in...
Harriet Tubman statue makes a stop in Bastrop
KVUE-TV Austin· 3 days agoOutside the Kerr Community Center in Bastrop now sits a statue of Harriet Tubman, the great abolitionist who helped established the Underground Railroad...
Hidden history in Maywood: Discover local stop on the Underground Railroad
WFLD via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHistory often hides in plain sight. The thousands of cars that have passed through the McDonald’s drive-thru on 1st and Lake in Maywood, likely have no clue that they’re just steps away from ...
