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The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time Magazine· 4 days agoWhile Martin Luther King, Jr.’s January birthday has been a national holiday for nearly four decades, the four-year-old Juneteenth federal holiday...
Ana B. Ibarra, CalMatters
The Raw Story· 9 hours 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 ...
Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio shot and killed in Tampa, attorney says
The Florida Times-Union· 6 hours agoJacksonville rapper Julio Foolio has been shot and killed at a Holiday Inn across from the...
Obama's Netflix Movie Ignores How Civil Rights Icon Bayard Rustin Would Clash With Today's Liberal...
The New York Sun· 3 days ago“Rustin” is a Netflix biopic produced by Barack and Michelle Obama. The underappreciated Black 1960s...
Vandalized Martin Luther King Jr. statue returning to Springfield next month
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe statue of a key civil rights figure which was vandalized in 2022 is coming back to Springfield for display this summer after a successful restoration. The Illinois Secretary of State’s office ...
Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio shot and killed in Tampa, attorney says
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoJacksonville rapper Julio Foolio has been shot and killed at a Holiday Inn across from the...
Reports of large crowd draws massive police response to Exposition Park
CBS News· 16 hours agoDozens of LAPD officers could be seen near a large group of people who had gathered near Martin...
Vegan restaurant Urban Beets closing Wauwatosa location - Milwaukee Business Journal
The Business Journals· 2 days agoUrban Beets Cafe & Juicery is closing its location in Wauwatosa, leaving the vegan restaurant with...
Milwaukee school teaches students about Juneteenth
WISN 12 Milwaukee· 4 days agoFourth-grade students at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School in Milwaukee are eager to learn. The lesson they're learning is focused on Juneteenth....
6 people shot in Rochester, New York, park as early morning argument erupts in gunfire
Associated Press via AOL· 6 hours agoSix people were wounded in a shooting early Sunday at a park in Rochester, New York, police said. Rochester Police Chief David Smith said at least one person started shooting into a crowd of ...
