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The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
WJTV Jackson· 2 hours agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in...
Greece heatwave latest: ‘Relentless’ search for two missing hikers intensifies in record...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoIt recorded its longest heatwave on record, lasting 16 days, in July 2023. The high temperatures...
Vote delayed for federal court appointee who Mitch McConnell calls 'committed Marxist'
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoA lack of support for federal court trial judge appointee Mustafa Kasubhai forced Senate Majority...
60 years since acid poured into pool filled with Civil Rights activists in St. Augustine
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 54 minutes agoTuesday marks 60 years since the hotel manager of Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine poured acid in...
American Airlines adds new training, advisory group after Black men removed from flight
Dallas Morning News· 3 hours agoAmerican Airlines CEO Robert Isom is promising bias and discrimination training for employees and a...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 11 hours agoWhat is Juneteenth? On 19 June 1865 - months after the northern US states defeated the slave-owning South in the US Civil War - enslaved African-...
The state of Alaska violates Americans with Disabilities Act
KTVF Fairbanks· 1 hour agoOn June 18, the United States Justice Department announced that the state of Alaska violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The state failed to provide accessible ...
Opinion: 6 Books that Explain the History and Meaning of Juneteenth
The 74 via Yahoo News· 5 hours ago‘On Juneteenth’ Combining history and memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s “On Juneteenth” offers a moving...
Civil Rights History: Remembering the Monson Motor Lodge Protest 60 years later
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 8 hours agoToday, city leaders will honor a pivotal moment in American history that happened right in St....
‘Mormon Land’: The case for a group dedicated to protecting Latter-day Saint civil rights
The Salt Lake Tribune· 4 hours agoFor 115 years, the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, has been advancing the...