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Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families, conservatism
Austin American-Statesman· 3 days agoRep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, recently tried...
Get ready for Juneteenth ICT and federal holiday
KSNW Wichita via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in America. The term is a blend of the words June and 19. In January 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared...
'It's for everybody': Longview Juneteenth parade promotes unity, freedom for all, attendees say
The Longview News-Journal· 10 hours agoFor attendees at Saturday’s Juneteenth parade in Longview, learning about the storied Black holiday...
Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations
KOIN News 6 Portland· 2 days agoA report published this week by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession...
CRC Hosts Founding Civics Institute
The Chattanoogan· 6 days agoLee University’s Center for Responsible Citizenship hosted its inaugural Founding Civics Institute for Tennessee educators. Over the course of nine seminars, 25 regional middle and high school ...
Juneteenth 2024: Nine ways to celebrate around Chicagoland
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCHICAGO — A military honors ceremony and the raising of the Juneteenth flag on Friday kicked off a...
Juneteenth: Rockland honors Arlene Clinkscale, NY's 1st Black woman schools superintendent
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCrow South, started with a lesson on the significance of Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates when...
Mary Name Meaning
Parents via Yahoo News· 5 days ago...Clark, best-selling American author Mary Jackson, American mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Abraham ...
How is SC celebrating Juneteenth? Events in Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Columbia & more
The Post and Courier· 4 days agoThe holiday originates from June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Texas — one of the farthest...
Friends of MLK, Quad-Cities residents mark Juneteenth, say more progress, education needed
Quad-City Times· 18 hours agoWith music, dance, plenty of food, games, and many different types of vendors, hundreds of people...