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Before the Great Migration, there was the Great Exodus. Here's what happened.
National Geographic· 6 days agoAngela Bates has lived across the United States, but the only place she’s ever called home is near...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoOn Friday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era felony voting provision, meaning the provision will be allowed to ...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
The Arizona Republic· 4 days agoIn essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoWithout the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud ...
Don't Water Down Juneteenth
Newsweek· 4 days agoDespite the relentless attacks on our multiracial democracy, hope is not lost. Our ancestors never surrendered their dream for a brighter tomorrow.
Daughter shares story of her father, Deputy Sheriff Fifield, during the Civil Rights era
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTeresa Thompson, the daughter of former Deputy Sheriff Everett Fifield, shares story of father's...
Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers,...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSince the 1930s, the federal government has made payments to victims of financial hardships and...
Knoxville depended more on enslaved people than history suggests | Know Your Knox
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe oldest church congregation in Knoxville is older than the state of Tennessee and predates just...
Why Route 66 is still the best way to see – and understand – America
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA life-sized statue of Marilyn Monroe stood outside the Polk-A-Dot Drive In in Braidwood, Illinois –...
What Juneteenth means to me
Source New Mexico via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhen asked what Juneteenth means to me – I found myself a bit surprised that I did not have a clear-cut, concise answer readily available. It required...
