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4 years after George Floyd's death, are Detroit companies meeting DEI promises?
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoFour years ago, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by police, sparking nationwide protests and...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 10 hours agoGeorge Floyd suffered as he died. Plenty of violent cops kill unarmed Black men for trifling reasons but Chauvin didn’t just extinguish Floyd, he ensured ...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 4 hours agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
What does Juneteenth mean in an era of ongoing racial unrest? Study and celebrate more.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoBut what does Juneteenth mean in a day and age where racial injustice continues to challenge and...
Here’s what’s open (and closed) on Juneteenth 2024
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 6 hours agoOver the years, though, the day of remembrance began to spread. It came to national prominence following the 2020 unrest that followed the murder of ...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoAfter more cases of police brutality resulting in the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other Black people in 2020, Juneteenth...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 3 hours ago"I am so delighted to know that suddenly we've got a Juneteenth. "It's not a Texas thing or a black thing. It's an American thing." A Juneteenth...
Black Joy and Western Fashion Abound at The Lay Out in Brooklyn
Vogue· 3 hours agoFounded by Emily Anadu, Manushka Magloire, Michael Oloyede, and Cyrus Aaron after the murder of ...
Has the DEI Backlash Come for Publishing?
The Atlantic· 4 hours agoIn July 2020, Lisa Lucas was hired as the publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books, prestigious imprints of Penguin Random House. Black Lives Matter was resurgent after the murder of
