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15 things to watch to educate yourself about systemic racism
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoMichael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx starred in "Just Mercy" in 2019, which is based on the real case of...
Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson fuse jazz, protest, and justice on Juneteenth album
The Christian Science Monitor· 2 days agoBlack music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights...
Equal Justice Initiative dedicates monument to slavery survivors at Montgomery memorial park
Arkansas Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPeople who visit the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, will not only face the...
The legacy of a last name: A new memorial park honors the last names of the formerly enslaved
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA new sculpture park that memorializes African Americans’ centuries-long fight for freedom – from...
On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery
WDTN-TV 2 Dayton· 23 hours agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of surnames grace the towering monument, representing the more...
EJI dedicates its 43-foot-tall National Monument to Freedom on Juneteenth
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“We’re just thrilled that this looming large national monument is featured in Montgomery, Alabama,"...
Juneteenth Slavery Monument
Anacortes American· 1 day agoBryan Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, speaks with JoAnne Bland and other well-wishers after the dedication of the National Monument to Freedom on June 19, 2024, in
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
Erie News Now Plus· 2 days agoBy RYAN DOAN-NGUYEN and AARON MORRISON Associated Press
A Juneteenth album captures the rhythm of life
NPR· 1 day agoThe album is a collaboration between Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, fronted by Wynton Marsalis. Stevenson ...
Marsalis and Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
The Florence Times-Daily· 2 days agoNEW YORK (AP) — Black music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says...