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Where to celebrate Juneteenth in San Antonio
San Antonio Express-News· 2 hours agoGen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston and announced the last enslaved black people in Texas were free by executive decree. In 1980, Texas became the...
For Jamie Raskin, Democratic warrior wit, the hits keep on coming
The Baltimore Banner· 6 days ago“Our last great Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, didn’t know whether Americans could long...
Juneteenth events offered in Terre Haute
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth is a celebration of the joyful resolution of a shameful act. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, declaring all slaves ...
Here's what you should know about Juneteenth
KING5 Seattle· 9 hours agoJuneteenth is considered the longest-running African American holiday and has been called the country’s second Independence Day.
Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families, conservatism
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, recently tried...
One Week That Revealed the Struggles of the Anti-Abortion Movement
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoConservative lawyers pushing to sharply restrict medication abortion lost a major case at the...
Preservationists tout Indiana college's legacy of flaunting slavery laws
WISH-TV Indianapolis· 5 days agoSituated a few miles north of the Kentucky state line in Lancaster, Indiana Eleutherian College was...
Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp Nelson is our Canada’
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLinda Blackford: On Juneteenth, remember where Black Kentuckians issued their own Emancipation...
Forget Free Trade. Biden’s Use of Tariffs Follows a Long History in the U.S.
Barrons.com· 5 days agoPlus, a new streak of nationalism gripped America, including its first president. “A free people...
Throwback Thursday: The history of Juneteenth - WNKY News 40 Television
WNKY· 3 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln and the Union were at war with the Confederacy, whose economy was heavily...
