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Celebrate Freedom With These 101 Inspiring Juneteenth Instagram Captions
Parade via AOL· 7 hours agoIt's June 19, which means that it's time to post some Juneteenth Instagram captions! Juneteenth is a...
Trump claims he actually ‘loves’ Milwaukee and attacks ‘Joe Bride’ in error-strewn Wisconsin...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoHarrison launched his broadside against the Republican presidential contender on Juneteenth, the...
Council member seeks to rename Pershing Square for Biddy Mason, ex-slave and unsung L.A. hero
LA Times via AOL· 3 hours agoDe León is set to announce a plan to introduce a City Council motion on Friday to rename Pershing...
OneUnited Bank CEO: Ending slavery is the best economic decision America ever made
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 5 hours agoThe decision to end slavery ultimately had the profound impact of making America the strongest...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers,...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoSince the 1930s, the federal government has made payments to victims of financial hardships and...
Why Juneteenth didn’t actually end slavery in Texas
Washington Post· 6 hours agoIn 1903, a Black man walked into an office in a small town in Texas, seeking any news about whether slavery had ended. The earnest inquiry from the man,...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
FOX 25 Boston· 2 hours agoWASHINGTON — (AP) — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the...
Florida Republicans terrorized a teacher because of a Black Lives Matter flag. She hit back and won
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoAmy Donofrio in front of Robert E. Lee High School Photo courtesy of the EVAC movement "Jesus...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 1 hour agoNot to mention that there’s a whole verse about slavery. You can’t be mad at Colin Kaepernick for not wanting to stand for a slavemaster lullaby every...