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Duo hikes Emancipation Trail to remember Juneteenth
Axios· 1 day agoCatch up quick: Johnston, whose self-described mission is to "put movement back into the Civil Rights Movement," started leading walks honoring civil...
Opinion: Juneteenth
Idaho State Journal· 8 hours agoOn “Juneteenth,” I heard the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, read over the radio, and it was inspiring to hear the words of the document...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoShabazz’ death comes less than a week after the exoneration of two men who were convicted and served decades in prison for the assassination of ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
theGrio via AOL· 2 days agoOver the many decades since the Civil War, there was a lot of displacement among my ancestors;...
Community remembers costs as 60th anniversary of Civil Rights Act nears
The Weatherford Democrat· 5 days agoThis year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civl Rights Act of 1964, and community...
How Willie Mays, and my first visit to the ballpark with my dad, changed my life | Opinion
The Sacramento Bee· 2 days agoOne of my kids asked: “Who is Willie Mays?” The person who posed the question is 20 and was born 30 years after Mays retired from a celebrated baseball career that began with ...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
WTVO - WQRF Rockford· 3 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the...
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBut interest in the date was renewed in the 1960s with the civil rights movement. Rev. Martin Luther...
John Everett Benson, stone carver of memorials and monuments, dies at 84
Washington Post· 22 hours agoJohn Everett Benson, a stone carver whose lapidary inscriptions mark the grave of President John F....
