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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 ...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 23 hours agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat· 4 days agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
Gov. Andy Beshear signs Juneteenth and CROWN Act executive orders
Gannett via AOL· 12 hours agoThe holiday was originally celebrated in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and...
Civil War tablets honoring Amherst veterans help open high schoolers’ eyes to unsung Black history
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 3 hours agoAfrican American soldiers from Amherst who served in the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEmancipation Proclamation on the steps of the Knott House Museum, 301 E. Park Avenue. In the place...
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...
An apology is the cornerstone of reparations bills in California. What would it do?
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 day ago“We’re asking for money to display the apology prominently in the Capitol with the same gravitas as...
On this day in history, May 23, 1900, Sgt. William H. Carney receives Medal of Honor
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn this day in history, Sgt. William Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor — the first...
This Memorial Day, here’s who you should know is buried at the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTexas slaves were free. Even though then President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation ...