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All but 1 GOP US House member from Arizona backs restoration of Confederate memorial
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“As a Marine combat veteran, any statue, flag, or person that honors traitors of the failed Confederacy is despicable,” said...Ariz., for comment but did not receive responses ...
Florida Republicans terrorized a teacher because of a Black Lives Matter flag. She hit back and won
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 days agoInstead...the judge noted "the School environment became hostile after administration removed the ...
Rock Island Arsenal honors members of Black regiment from Civil War in Juneteenth ceremony
Quad-City Times· 4 days agoMembers of the 108th United States Colored Troops Regiment were honored in a Juneteenth ceremony...
Opinion: We need to celebrate Juneteenth — together
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSlavery, as practiced in the United States and throughout history in other cultures, is one of humanity’s great shames, and it is right to celebrate its...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLouis. The mob was angry about the capture of Confederate soldiers outside the city. The incident,...
Why Juneteenth didn’t actually end slavery in Texas
Washington Post· 4 days agoIn 1903, a Black man walked into an office in a small town in Texas, seeking any news about whether slavery had ended. The earnest inquiry from the man,...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBut it’s 2024. It’s time. 1. Freedom is free. Because if freedom isn’t free, you owe us some reparations. I’m just saying. Michael Harriot is a writer,...
The history of actual American class war: When workers shot back
The Hill· 4 days agoWhen progressives point to the structural inequality of the American economy — between the...
Museums, libraries and more: What's open and closed on Juneteenth in Chicago?
NBC Chicago· 4 days agoWednesday, June 19 marks Juneteenth, which was designated a federal and state holiday just four...