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Gerth: In Kentucky, it's Oreo cookies and not Juneteenth that's important
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoEspecially since, he notes, 42 other states approved Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as state...
Erica Yee, CalMatters
The Raw Story· 6 days agoThis story was originally published by CalMatters, nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics. Detranay Blankenship was 16 weeks pregnant when she found ...
We must remember the heroes of the AIDS epidemic, not just the trauma
Las Vegas Sun· 6 days agoCampbell, who received one of the earliest diagnosis of AIDS in San Francisco, died in 1984. At no...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War -...
ABC 7 El Paso· 3 days agoThat meant he was a soldier who served in a United States Colored Troops regiment that fought for the Union – and the freedom we still celebrate today.
Juneteenth goes unobserved by Florida state government
The Raw Story· 3 days agoToday, June 19, or “Juneteenth,” commemorates the end of slavery in the defeated South. The date...
JD Crowe: Celebrate Juneteenth and abolish Alabama’s Confederate holidays
Birmingham News· 3 days agoJune 19 has long been recognized by African Americans as a day to celebrate the end of slavery. It...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
theGrio via AOL· 3 days agoI felt again the same mix of pride and gratitude I first felt in the summer of 2021...researching my...
Duo hikes Emancipation Trail to remember Juneteenth
Axios· 2 days agoCatch up quick: Johnston, whose self-described mission is to "put movement back into the Civil Rights Movement," started leading walks honoring civil...
John Everett Benson, stone carver of memorials and monuments, dies at 84
Washington Post· 1 day agoJohn Everett Benson, a stone carver whose lapidary inscriptions mark the grave of President John F....
Where to cool off during Rochester heat wave
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoHumboldt R-Center, 1045 Atlantic Ave. (The spray park was rebuilt last summer and will reopen Monday) Rochester spray features Dr. Martin Luther