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This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
MAP: Where every Division I college softball player went to high school
Maxpreps· 6 days agoMaxPreps News - California is at the top with nearly 20 percent of the 6,706 players competing...
Here’s one more reason to secure the border: Smuggling drives cockfighting trade | Opinion
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 4 days agoThe barbaric practice is illegal in Texas and other states, but court dockets show it’s rampant —...
Conservative Christian organization supports Louisiana's Ten Commandments law
NPR· 2 days agoGood morning. MATT KRAUSE: Good...Krause, you were telling us you tried to get a similar law passed in Texas. Why do you think this new law is necessary, or at least important ...
Three arrested for using skimmers on Dallas-Fort Worth area ATMs
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 4 days agoThe three suspects were also involved in several skimmer investigations spanning multiple states,...
Juneteenth legend Opal Lee visits New Jersey
NJ.com· 6 days agoThen, the retired teacher from Texas gave us a lesson in our own New Jersey history. Thomas...Peterson was the first African American to vote in the ...
Here's why health insurance coverage and access to care is in flux for many in Texas
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 3 days agoFirst up, there's the tussle between Baylor Scott and White Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of ...
Supreme Court upholds gun law meant to protect domestic violence victims
FOX 7 Austin· 2 days agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence...
Juneteenth in Dallas celebrates freedom, remembers a merciless history
Dallas Morning News· 4 days agoAs municipalities, businesses and nonprofits offer a host of events, local historian Ed Gray said...
Decades before Juneteenth became a holiday, Fort Worth had rich history of celebrations
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 18 hours agoOne of the earliest Fort Worth Juneteenth celebrations took place in 1882. The Fort Worth Daily Democrat announced that the city’s Black residents gathered at “Widmer’s Grove where music and ...