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About This Alabama Bill To Make Workers Choose Between Celebrating Juneteenth OR Jefferson Davis’...
Black America Web· 5 days agoTake, for example, an Alabama House bill that would give state employees the option of either...
The history of Memorial Day and when the holiday is observed in 2024
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt is one of 11 permanent federal holidays observed in the U.S. The 10 other federal holidays...
Fort Worth Juneteenth icon Opal Lee awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 5 days agoLee, 97, is best known for her decades-long campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday....
Inside Biden's Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring Black luminaries, including the...
theGrio· 3 days agoMartin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from...
Watertown council nixes flag raisings, hears plea for zoo funds
WWNY - WNYF Watertown· 13 hours agoThere was a full house at Monday night’s city council meeting with many people there to talk about...
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to 19 people, including Pelosi, Gore, Ledecky and Bloomberg
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPresident Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 individuals Friday at a White...
Biden awards Presidential Medals of Freedom
WBUR Boston· 4 days agoAmong the recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor is Opal Lee, who led the effort to get Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday.
Rep. James Clyburn Among Notable Black Leaders Awarded Presidential Medal Of Freedom
Black America Web· 4 days agoCongressman James E. Clyburn and other notable Black leaders were awarded the Presidential Medal of...
A Kansas City native started his own Black rodeo to celebrate the cowboys left out of Western lore
Lawrence Journal-World· 2 days agoIvan McClellan once had a comfortable career in advertising and design. The Kansas City, Kansas,...
110 fun trivia questions for kids (and answers)
TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAnswer: Death Valley, California. Trivia Question: What is the federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States? Answer: ...