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Don't Water Down Juneteenth
Newsweek· 5 days agoDespite the relentless attacks on our multiracial democracy, hope is not lost. Our ancestors never surrendered their dream for a brighter tomorrow.
Changes coming to Times-Dispatch publication schedule
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 5 days agoWhile this publication change allows those who publish and deliver the paper to get a day off, we...
New Boca Museum show reveals ‘Myths, Secrets, Lies, and Truths’ of race and stereotypes
Sun-Sentinel· 5 days agoThemes of Black exploitation, race, hidden secrets and how these distort belief systems are all over...
Juneteenth Programming: What’s On TV & Streaming Platforms To Commemorate Holiday
Deadline Hollywood· 5 days agoA number of networks, streamers and platforms have programming planned to celebrate Juneteenth National Independence Day on June 19, 2024.
Public memories. Private struggles.
Washington Post· 2 days agoHank Thomas settled into the recliner in his living room, drifting in and out of sleep. A White mob had bombed the vehicle because Thomas was on it. In 1961, Thomas was one of the original 13 ...
SHRIBMAN: Our country is in need of true heroes
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung· 6 days agoIs America losing its heroes? One of them, Robert Persichitti, 102, died en route to the commemoration. Then, just a few days ago, William Anders, the...
’Juneteenth isn’t just an Independence Day for Black people’: A look behind the holiday
Real Change News· 6 days agoSince its inception on June 19, 1865, Juneteenth has marked an end to a brutal system in which our country profited from the unpaid labor of nearly four million enslaved Africans, according ...
A Journalist Traces His Family Tree Back to Ancestor Who Served in Black Regiment in Civil War
US News & World Report· 5 days agoIt was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the missing piece of my family history. My great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster ...
