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Juneteenth 2024 celebrations and other things to do in DC, Maryland & Virginia
FOX 5 Washington D.C.· 3 days agoJuneteenth is almost here, and D.C. has plenty of planned events to celebrate the upcoming holiday...
A Basket Maker Keeping Alive, and Reinventing, an Ancestral Craft
New York Times· 2 days agoMary Jackson was 4 when she learned how to weave. In the Gullah Geechee communities of coastal South...
Mississippi Legends: Ethel Wright Mohamed
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 7 days agoKnown as the “Grandma Moses of Stitchery,” Ethel Wright Mohamed one said there was “just a soothing music as the needle comes through the cloth.” Again, in black embroidered letters, another ...
Gilgamesh flood tablet: A 2,600-year-old text that's eerily similar to the story of Noah's Ark
LiveScience· 7 hours agoWhat it is: Also known as the 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, this fragment of a baked clay tablet contains cuneiform inscriptions describing an epic flood that swept through Babylon.
Where to celebrate Juneteenth in DC, Maryland and Virginia
WDVM via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWASHINGTON (DC News) — Juneteenth is a time for family, friends and community to celebrate the end...
Humboldt Park's Puerto Rico Town renamed Barrio Borikén in tribute to indigenous history
Chicago Sun-Times· 4 days agoThe new name, Barrio Borikén, which applies to the stretch of Division between Western and...
Booming brass band to lead bouyant Redding Juneteenth jubilee on the downtown promenade
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoWhile celebrated for more than 150 years in Black communities, Juneteenth — a portmanteau of the words "June" and "nineteen...
Heinz History Center celebrates Civic Season with patriotic programming
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 2 days agoAt the Sen. John Heinz History Center and more than 400 other museums and cultural institutions...
Rap Icon Nas Joins Creative And Producing For BEAT STREET Stage Adaptation
Broadway World· 1 day agoTonight, at a 40th anniversary screening of Beat Street at the Tribeca Film Festival, GRAMMY...
Juneteenth 2024 celebrations and other things to do in DC, Maryland & Virginia
Fox local via AOL· 3 days agoHere’s what you need to know about the different outings for commemorating the important occasion. Juneteenth Freedom Celebration: The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Museum ...