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Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 1 day 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.
Opinion: Juneteenth: New Ways to Teach about Slavery, Black Perseverance and U.S. History
The 74 via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoWhenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as...
Has the DEI Backlash Come for Publishing?
The Atlantic· 1 day 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 ...
BLM’s Leaders Used Charitable Funds To Enrich Themselves And Their Families, New Documents Show
IJR· 6 days agoBlack Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) has paid out millions in contracts to insiders, newly released tax documents show. The nation’s largest BLM organization approved lucrative ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 days agoA day after announcing a $3 million fund to support grants to Black people struggling during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) says the ...
Video, residents raise questions about Winston-Salem man's death while in police custody. Yerkoy...
Winston-Salem Journal· 3 hours agoA video circulating on social media appears to show the moments after Yerkoy Rayshun Shuler was taken from a Winston-Salem police car on June 13. Shuler, 42, of East Devonshire Street died June ...
New York Attorney General investigating Saratoga Springs' treatment of local activist
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 3 days agoAs WAMC first reported, the office of Democratic Attorney General Letitia James wrote to the city Thursday to comply with a request for information about recent charges brought against Black ...
CT town to review policy after vote not to fly Thin Blue Line police flag drew threats, ‘much hate’
Hartford Courant· 1 day agoA Connecticut town will review its flag policy after a decision not to fly the Thin Blue Line police...
Juneteenth 2024: What the Holiday Represents and How to Celebrate
Entertainment Tonight· 2 days agoJuneteenth -- named for and celebrated on June 19 -- commemorates the true ending of slavery in the...
40 Worcester police officers, 3 state troopers, 4 civilians honored at WPD ceremony Monday
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoCivilians Nicholas Leal and Shane Taylor both received the Chief of Police Citation Award for acting...
