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Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
UPI· 3 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order for reparations task force
ABC News· 6 days agoChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday to establish a Reparations Task Force...
Knoxville depended more on enslaved people than history suggests | Know Your Knox
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMost enslaved people in Knoxville were forced to do housework and to tend the livestock of...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBut the order did not end the enslavement of all people in the nation at the time. The 13th...
American Sabotage Spring 2025 Ready-to-Wear: A$AP Rocky’s Takedown of the American Dream
WWD via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe juxtaposition of suiting and T-shirts emblazoned with 1865, the year slavery was abolished in...
Metro-east civil rights leaders discuss the importance of the Juneteenth holiday
Belleville News-Democrat· 4 days agoLocal civil rights leaders say it’s important for everyone to commemorate Juneteenth, fully acknowledge the history it represents and work to continue pushing for equity for Black people. “ ...
Juneteenth 2024 in NYC: What to do this Emancipation Day
New York Daily News· 5 days agoArmy soldiers brought news of emancipation to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — more than...
Ulster County launches website "bearing witness" to county's history with slavery
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 4 days agoFor two years, the Ulster County Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been sifting through the county archives to identify anything related to enslaved people or slavery
Roxbury Community College to begin work on social justice center - Boston Business Journal
The Business Journals· 2 days agoRoxbury Community College was scheduled to hold a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for an economic and...
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Union Army’s arrival in Texas didn’t bring about freedom for all enslaved people—many in the...