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The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThough it’s been celebrated by Black Americans as early as in the mid-late 1800s, Juneteenth is a...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 days agoDonald Williams, who was a vital witness in the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer three years ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoThe murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin sparked a racial reckoning across the United ...
Americans used to unite over tragic events − and now are divided by them
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTragedy seldom unifies Americans today. Every year, horrific crises induce tremendous suffering....
Americans Used to Unite Over Tragic Events − and Now Are Divided by Them
Skanner· 6 days agoSexual assaults – primarily of women – by abusive executives and other men in positions of power recently emerged as a public tragedy, as has police ...
Did Trump oversee the biggest-ever one-year rise in murders?
Politifact· 5 days agoPresident Joe Biden tore into his expected 2024 opponent, former President Donald Trump, after Trump...
The origins of Juneteenth: History, celebrations and more
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe holiday experienced a resurgence during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Black...
Americans today are divided, not united, by public tragedies
UPI· 7 days agoProtestors march through downtown Minneapolis as jury deliberations begin in the Derek Chauvin trial...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
AOL· 3 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden. Long a regional holiday in the South, Juneteenth rose in prominence across ...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs the Black Lives Matter movement gained renewed power across the country and abroad the previous...
