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Juneteenth: Biddy Mason Memorial Park
KTLA-TV Los Angeles· 2 days agoJune 19 is Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day. It is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June ...
The origins of Juneteenth: History, celebrations and more
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGeneral Order No. 3 It wasn’t until Granger traveled to Galveston, Texas, and performed a public...
A Second Trump Term Would Double Down on Erasing Trans Rights. Here’s How Advocates Are Preparing
them via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSince many of the anti-LGBTQ+ policies proposed by Trump’s campaign or Project 2025 would violate...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoFor 246 years, slavery was both accepted custom and law of the land, until a brutal war between the...
Thousands in Kenya demonstrate against proposed new taxes
WKMG ClickOrlando· 19 hours agoThousands of mostly young people demonstrated Thursday in Kenya’s capital and across the country against new tax proposals by the administration of President William Ruto in its annual budget ...
USU to celebrate Juneteenth with public events
The Herald Journal· 7 days agoJuneteenth, also called “Emancipation Day,” commemorates the abolishment of slavery through the complete enforcement of the Thirteenth Amendment to the...
Louisiana orders a Ten Commandments poster in every classroom
Highlands Today· 22 hours agoA poster of the Ten Commandments has been ordered to be displayed in every public school classroom...
A Miami-Dade man, 83, believes his father was among the last Americans born into slavery
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe holiday’s roots trace back to June 19, 1865, when U.S. troops led by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger...
Seven federal agencies have pushed tech giants to censor Americans, Media Research Center says
Fox News· 1 day agoSeven federal agencies have pressured Big Tech to censor Americans, according to the Media Research...
Robins Air Force Base officer sued over vaccine rule. What happens now with mandate dropped?
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt also violates their First Amendment right of free exercise and the Administrative Procedure...