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How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoHistorical/Corbis via Getty Images The History of Juneteenth On June 19, 1865, more than two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to...
Virginia school board sued after reinstating Confederate leaders' names at two public high schools
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Virginia NAACP and five students filed a lawsuit against a school board's decision to restore...
House says no to returning Confederate memorial to Arlington
Military Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAn amendment to the House version of the annual defense bill that sought to allow the return of a ...
Google celebrates Juneteenth 2024 with a Doodle
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoArtist Christian Robinson from Oakland, Calif., created Wednesday's Google Doodle to commemorate Juneteenth, a federal holiday marking the emancipation...
JD Crowe: Celebrate Juneteenth and abolish Alabama’s Confederate holidays
Birmingham News· 6 hours agoJune 19 has long been recognized by African Americans as a day to celebrate the end of slavery. It...
Florida Republicans terrorized a teacher because of a Black Lives Matter flag. She hit back and won
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoLee High School Photo courtesy of the EVAC movement "Jesus himself never condemned slavery," one...
In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 day agoFLE - A statue of confederate general Stonewall Jackson is removed on July 1, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Shenandoah County, Virginia's school board voted 5-1 early Friday, May ...
OTHERS SAY: Still work to do | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 9 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates the arrival of Union Army Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas,...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 2 hours agoI’m not just talking about the current MAGA Republicans; I’m referring to the confederate flag flyers who are still dedicated to the lost cause. How can...
The Virginia NAACP Files Lawsuit Against School Board Ruling To Reinstate Confederate Leaders’ Names
Blavity via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe NAACP Virginia State Conference and others have filed a federal lawsuit against the decision to...
