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Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoIt wasn't until the civil rights protests of the 1960s and 70s many decades later when Juneteenth and Emancipation Day were finally celebrated in.... state has recognized ...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
Rock Hill Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe movement inspired others across the county. Gaines: A life in civil rights A student leader of...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden....
Turn the Spotlight on China’s Season of Dark Memories | RealClearPolitics
RealClearPolitics· 1 day agoSummer in China evokes dark memories of past Chinese Communist Party crackdowns. China’s government...
UMass launches task force in wake of spring protests, will also review police activity
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 2 days agoReyes has announced the creation of a Campus Demonstration Policy Task Force and an independent...
Swing-state legislatures diverge on election-year gun measures
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoThis story originally appeared on Stateline. Read more coverage of the 2024 election. States...
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes
KAAL Austin· 19 hours agoThe U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and...
Second suspect busted in attack on Jewish Columbia University student pelted with rocks: cops
NY Post metro via Yahoo News· 6 days agoZuhdi Ahmed, 20, of Ossining, was arrested just after 6 a.m. and slapped with multiple charges –...
CUNY, Michigan didn't suitably assess if Israel-Hamas war protests made environment hostile, US says
ABC7 New York· 2 days agoThe University of Michigan and the City University of New York did not adequately investigate if...
New York Community College Abruptly Cancels Jewish Student Event
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSeveral colleges, including the University of Southern California and Columbia, canceled their main...