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The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 day agoThis week, many Floridians celebrated Emancipation Day to commemorate May 20, 1865 —the day the ...
Civil War tablets honoring Amherst veterans help open high schoolers’ eyes to unsung Black history
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 6 hours agoAfrican American soldiers from Amherst who served in the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 4 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
Gov. Andy Beshear signs Juneteenth and CROWN Act executive orders
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoGov. Andy Beshear signed two executive orders honoring Black history and protecting hair...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 1 day agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow· 6 days agoJuneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the...
The Rich History Of Drinking Hibiscus Tea On Juneteenth
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA cornerstone of Black history, hibiscus tea has maintained a stronghold in the culture. Despite its...
Amber Rose is right: Joe Biden doesn’t care about Black people
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOPINION: The "Muva" of hip-hop's Donald Trump endorsement exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of...
Lies About American History We Were All Taught in School
Cheapism via AOL· 1 day agoA lot of U.S. history is too good to be true — and actually is not. Sometimes fact is ignored, or...
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGov. Andy Beshear on Thursday signed executive orders making Juneteenth an executive branch holiday...