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The Sparrow House founder demolished family home to build a resource center in its place -...
The Business Journals· 3 days agoDomestic worker Evelyn Sparrow purchased a home at 1518 Prentice St., near St. Stephen Baptist...
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The Root· 3 days agoCivil rights attorney Ben Crump is taking his story to Hollywood. Deadline reports that the lawyer is working with Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies) and Emmy nominee Nadia Hallgren (Becoming) ...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden....
Jake Clemons, saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen, releases powerful Juneteenth song
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoClemons, a native of Virginia, is the nephew of the late Clarence Clemons. “The stories of George...
Juneteenth NJ Festival Makes a Comeback With Community Pride and Cash Cobain
Teen Vogue via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAfter the #BlackLivesMatter movement upsurged during the spring and early summer of 2020 following...
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The Root· 2 days agoAccording to WLKY, Joshua Jaynes testified before the Police Merit Board on Thursday in...
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“It recognizes liberation, it recognizes freedom. Some people will refer to it as Black...
Juneteenth is here. What's open? What's closed? Why we celebrate the holiday
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe holiday rose to prominence in 2020 amid the nationwide protests about racial inequality after the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Breonna Taylor ...
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The Root· 2 days agoLouisville Metro Police officer Cory Evans was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for striking a protester in the head with a baton during a May 2020 demonstration over Breonna ...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe holiday rose to prominence in 2020 amid the nationwide protests about racial inequality after the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Breonna Taylor ...