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Why Juneteenth, the U.S.'s Second Independence Day, Is a Federal Holiday
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day ago“Although there were enslavers who were aware of the implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation, it wasn’t until June 19, 1865, that it was actually ...
Denver history: How jazz music formed the ‘Harlem of the West’ in Five Points
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoFive Points was one of the first neighborhoods to pop up in Denver following the gold rush, and it...
Original set of Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers contracts caught in legal dispute
ESPN· 4 days agoJust inside the entrance to the 19,380-square-foot Jackie Robinson Museum in lower Manhattan, a...
55 vintage photos show what life looked like in the 1920s
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe genre was a key feature of the Harlem Renaissance, which encompassed music, literature, and art...
African American Museum board chair shares brief history of museum, its importance to the city
WBKO Bowling Green· 3 days agoThe African American Museum was created in 2006 to showcase the culture and history< ...
Caitlin Clark's whiteness makes her marketable in the same way Elvis adopted Black music
Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe first time I visited the National Museum of African American Music, in early 2021, there was ...
Jack Hadley Black History Museum getting $400k grant in Thomasville
WTXL Tallahassee· 21 hours agoSanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced a $413,425 federal grant from the Institute of Museum and...
Galveston, Houston ready to celebrate Juneteenth
Houston Chronicle· 4 hours agoFor decades, people in Southeast Texas have celebrated Juneteenth unofficially, with backyard barbecues, neighborhood celebrations, and traditions...
Black leaders introduce resolution to recognize June as Black Music Month
The Hill via AOL· 3 days agoRep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) led a group of more than 40 Democrats in introducing a resolution to...
Juneteenth falls on a Wednesday this year. Do feds get the day off?
Federal Times· 3 days agoOn June 19, 1865, troops came to Galveston two-and-a-half years after...document that freed slaves...