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'Black Fourth of July': Boynton celebrates Juneteenth
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoFor gospel vocalist Jimmy Hicks, Juneteenth is also meant to honor the Black leaders that fought for...
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
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
theGrio via AOL· 3 days agoColored Troops soldiers on the African American Civil War Memorial during Juneteenth commemorations...
No print edition of the Post-Dispatch on July 4th. Puzzles, comics to run a day early.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 2 days agoThe Post-Dispatch, like all news organizations, has had to change and adapt as our readers’ habits...
Daywatch: A real-world ‘Sesame Street’ in Chicago
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGood morning, Chicago. What was once an empty lot at the southwest corner of Douglas Boulevard and Central Park Avenue has been reinvented as a space reminiscent of a real-world “Sesame Street ...
Rolling through history: Fort Worth’s new bus memorial honors Civil Rights Movement
Dallas Morning News· 4 days agoFort Worth drivers will notice something not from this era while riding down East Rosedale Avenue....
‘We are the stories that we tell ourselves’: Embrace Boston hosts Pulitzer Prize winner for festival...
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoWilkerson reflected on the fraught narrative surrounding Juneteenth and its origins. Juneteenth, the...
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...
Celebrating local Pride Heroes: Peter Rosenstein was inspired by MLK to become an impactful activist...
WTOP Washington· 2 days agoOn the cover of Peter Rosenstein’s memoir, “Born This Gay: My Life of Activism, Politics, Travel,...
John Everett Benson, stone carver of memorials and monuments, dies at 84
Washington Post· 2 days agoJohn Everett Benson, a stone carver whose lapidary inscriptions mark the grave of President John F....