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The story of Timbuctoo, home for free Black Americans decades before Juneteenth
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDecades before Juneteenth, free Black Americans thrived in the South Jersey community of Timbuctoo....
This wealthy white enclave was once home to newly freed Black Americans
Mother Jones· 11 hours ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
Another Juneteenth. another battle for Black freedom
The Ames Tribune· 6 hours agoGrowing up in East Africa I enjoyed watching American movies like “Coming to America.” With the seed of “Coming to America" planted in my mind, it made a...
Juneteenth: History behind the holiday and celebrating in Columbus
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMore recently, people of various races, ethnicities and colors also are educating themselves on the...
San Mateo County raises flag for the Juneteenth holiday
San Mateo Daily Journal· 13 hours agoA ceremonial Juneteenth flag raising in San Mateo County honored the legacy of Black Americans,...
We know how to save Black Americans from overdoses. Will Congress actually do it?
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAs the former surgeon general of the United States and a Black man, I feel compelled to tell...
The ‘Black American Music’ of harpist Cassie Watson Francillon
WGNO via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoNew Orleans' "Visionary Harpist," Cassie Watson Francillon, believes we all have the innate power to...
5. Black Americans and racial conspiracy theories about the news media
Pew Research Center· 3 days agoBlack Americans have also said the news media specifically characterizes them as disproportionately...
Oklahoma court tosses Tulsa race massacre lawsuit that would have forced city to offer reparations...
The Independent US via AOL· 1 day agoOn May 31, 1921, in Tulsa’s thriving “Black Wall Street” of Greenwood, an armed white mob deputized...
2. Black Americans and racial conspiracy theories about the criminal justice system
Pew Research Center· 3 days agoIn the convict-leasing and chain gang systems of the early 1900s, Black men were forced to build...