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How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJune 19 (or Juneteenth) is considered Black Independence Day by many in the United States, as it was the day that many enslaved people in Texas were...
MLK Statues Unified Civic Monument
WNDU 16 South Bend· 4 days agoA project four years in the making is one step closer to being reality. The twin cities of St. Joe and Benton Harbor used this Juneteenth holiday to...
Groundbreaking held for MLK monuments project in Benton Harbor, St. Joseph
WNDU 16 South Bend· 4 days agoA project four years in the making is one step closer to being reality. The twin cities of St....
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
Will the real Donald Trump get the coverage he deserves? - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 3 days ago“Donald Trump tries courting Black voters at Detroit church with Michigan up for grabs in 2024...
How Willie Mays, and my first visit to the ballpark with my dad, changed my life | Opinion
Merced Sun-Star via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoI was with my family when I heard Willie Mays died at 93. One of my kids asked: “Who is Willie...
O’NEILL: Waters distorts Dr. King’s legacy
The News-Herald· 5 days agoDetroit City Councilwoman Mary D. Waters is challenging incumbent Congressman Shri Thanedar in the Democratic primary in Michigan’s 13th District on...
Welcome to Rochester, a place of strange names and confounding contradictions
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLet’s say you’re putting together a guide titled “How to be a Rochesterian.” Your target audience is...
National historian, Maine leaders discuss need to better understand our ‘hard histories’
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCivil rights historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries said Americans love nostalgia, not history. Nostalgia is...
James Lawson Led the Faith-Based Struggle Against Plantation Capitalism
The Nation· 5 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. lived long enough to preach at the funerals of several of the American...
