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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Celebrate Juneteenth With These Recent Graphic Novels That Center Black History
Forbes· 4 days agoAs America marks Juneteenth in 2024, the discourse around racism has taken a sharp right turn since...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoWarwick Sen. Kendra Anderson has decided not to run for reelection but instead to endorse a leader of Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Political Action Committee to replace her, reported The ...
Ahead of the RNC in Milwaukee, some are worried, some eager and others bracing
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoAmid the social media noise following former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in his hush...
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoMarsalis and Stevenson have debuted “Freedom, Justice and Hope,” their live performance album of historic jazz records created to protest racial injustice. NEW YORK (AP) — Black music traditions ...
'Our Lives Were Shattered': Kyle Rittenhouse’s Family Begs for Donations to Avoid Eviction, Claims...
Atlanta Black Star· 19 hours agoTwo very close family members of Kyle Rittenhouse are facing eviction and said he refuses to help them despite his fatal shootings in August 2020 being a large catalyst for the many woes they ...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
GOP candidate goads online critic to fight and proclaims 'smashmouth politics'
The Raw Story· 4 days agoThe GOP's Senate candidate in Minnesota appeared to challenge a critic on social media to a fight...
North Iowa speaks up: Letters to the editor for the week of Jun. 21, 2024
The Globe Gazette· 20 hours agoThere was one death that day which was an unarmed protester and damage was very minimal compared to...
Has the DEI Backlash Come for Publishing?
The Atlantic· 3 days agoIn July 2020, Lisa Lucas was hired as the publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books, prestigious imprints of Penguin Random House. Black Lives Matter was resurgent after the murder of George ...
