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'I think the struggle to overturn that system was worth it'; Juneteenth honors end of slavery,...
News Channel 5 Cleveland· 6 days agoJuneteenth has only been a federal holiday since 2021, following a decades-long movement to recognize the end of slavery in the U.S. Regennia Williams, Ph.D., started diving into Juneteenth's ...
The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time Magazine· 6 days agoWhile Martin Luther King, Jr.’s January birthday has been a national holiday for nearly four decades, the four-year-old Juneteenth federal holiday...
Why Baseball Legend Willie Mays, Dead at 93, Will Never Be Forgotten
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoWith the score tied in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, Mays, with his back to home plate and racing...
'Black Barbie' Proves That Representation Is Relative — And Sometimes Unproductive
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLike last year's "Barbie," a new documentary raises questions about whether seeing yourself...
Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
ABC57 South Bend· 7 days agoIn the early hours of June 2, 1863, Union army gunboats idled along the banks of South Carolina’s Combahee River, waiting to give the signal to the enslaved people hiding ashore. Harriet Tubman ...
Juneteenth: Son of former slave joined Winchester’s Black community
Homenewshere.com· 4 days agoIn 1850 in Charleston, S.C., John H. Schmidt purchased a slave named Billy for $300. Three months...
The Benefits Of Yoga For Sisters And 5 Bad A** Black Women Who Teach It
HelloBeautiful· 4 days agoIf you’ve been thinking about taking up yoga, this is your sign. The benefits of this ancient...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoLicensed cookbooks focused on popular movies and TV series aren’t new. For example, you might find something like Chewbacca’s chicken kebabs in a Star Wars cookbook. In an interview with Today ...
Talk to kids about Juneteenth, and let food guide the conversation | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 6 days agoJuneteenth became our newest federal holiday in 2021, 156 years after Union Gen. Gordon Granger and...
Willie Mays, one of baseball's all-time greats, dies at 93
Newsday· 6 days agoWillie Mays spanned generations as completely and gracefully as he covered ground in centerfield. As...
