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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 3 hours agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Florida education panel decides former teacher who supported Black Lives Matter can reapply for her...
CNN.com· 6 days agoA former Jacksonville, Florida, teacher who said she was fired for displaying a Black Lives Matter ...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 2 hours agoUS lawmakers hold the holiday's official flag after the law passed Congress [Getty Images] But the legislation gained momentum after Black Lives
Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history
Ohio Capital Journal via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoWhenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as...
Juneteenth 2024 Google Doodle artist Christian Robinson is finding emancipation through art
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoIn conversation with theGrio, illustrator and Meghan Markle collaborator Christian Robinson...
Don't Water Down Juneteenth
Newsweek· 4 hours agoDespite the relentless attacks on our multiracial democracy, hope is not lost. Our ancestors never surrendered their dream for a brighter tomorrow.
Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated? |...
ABC 6 Providence· 21 hours agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
The Complicated, Disputed History of the Rainbow Flag
Slate· 4 hours agoIn the other months of the year, rainbow bunting and rainbow crosswalks still demarcate LGBTQ+...
Opinion: Juneteenth, Haiti and the power of reinvention
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoAmerica’s Juneteenth story shares much with Haiti’s struggle for autonomy, says Nadine Pinede, who...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 days agoRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was put in her place last week after she received a scathing insult from Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) during a House Oversight Committee hearing. Greene ...