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Louisiana Congressional Republicans back failed plan to return racist statue to Arlington Cemetery
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 6 days agoHouse Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise last week led the rest of Louisiana’s...
Missouri authors talk steamboat wrecks at round table meeting | Bella Vista Weekly Vista
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 4 days agoThe Bella Vista Civil War Round Table met at the Bella Vista Historical Museum on Thursday, June 6...
'Kindly Get the F*** Out': Missouri GOP Candidate Tells Black Americans to Leave the U.S. If They...
Atlanta Black Star· 3 days agoA Republican candidate in the state of Missouri posted a video on her social media pages belittling the holiday of Juneteenth and firing off her criticisms of reparations. “Reparations from ...
Honoring a Black Catholic Civil War hero on Juneteenth
Catholic News Agency· 4 days agoCatholics should honor Capt. André Cailloux’s bold sacrifice, which his contemporaries believed decisively changed the outcome of the Civil War.
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 4 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Star David Oyelowo on the Character’s Branding: It Represents the...
Variety· 6 days agoWhile there is no shortage of stories from the 1860s and 1870s, there are only four known images of...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoThat meant he was a soldier who served in a United States Colored Troops regiment that fought for...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoHe apparently worked as a farm laborer, and even as a clam digger. When he was 32, he met and...
Ben Fields: West Virginia Day brings up old bone to pick (Opinion)
The Charleston Gazette· 3 days agoFor whatever reason, seeing June 20, West Virginia Day, on the calendar this year jarred loose a...