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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 2 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
Courthouse News Service· 3 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War -...
ABC 7 El Paso· 2 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in 1820, was one of the more than 200,000 names listed on the African
What You Need to Know About Juneteenth
E! News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNearly 160 years after the last of the enslaved African-Americans were freed, Juneteenth celebrations commemorating that fateful day have taken on a...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
WSB Radio· 2 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
The Only Black Woman to Serve in the U.S. Army in WWI
Time via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCredit - US Army/Getty Images African-American heroines are everywhere in U.S. history — though they...
Man convicted of killing boy may be set free because prosecutors racially profiled the jury pool
CNN via AOL· 6 hours ago“Black.’ ‘Jewish.’ ‘Short, fat troll.’ Handwritten notes on jury questionnaires suggest...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
Associated Press· 2 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
Elite girls basketball scorer Maya Layton transfers to Lafayette Jeff from Faith Christian
Gannett via AOL· 14 hours agoLayton described wanting a different academic experience than she had at Faith Christian. One of the...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 2 days agoTo be clear, I’m not insinuating that Black people have been lying to y’all the other 364 days this year. But we know how y’all are. After experiencing...