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Juneteenth: A holiday for our forgetfulness
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoJuneteenth, only solidified as an American federal holiday three years ago, remembers the effective “end” of slavery
DACA at heightened risk while in litigation limbo
UPI· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden delivers remarks during the DACA 12th Anniversary event in the East room of the
35 Sojourner Truth Quotes About Life, Faith and Equality
Parade via AOL· 3 days agoShe ended up changing her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843 and she spent the rest of her years...
Oakland celebrates Juneteenth amid attacks on education about Black history
Courthouse News Service· 2 days agoResidents of Oakland, California, commemorated Juneteenth in celebrations with dancing and cooking, ...
7 Juneteenth shows and movies to check out with a VPN
TechRadar· 2 days agoJune 19th, or Juneteenth, marks the end of more than 200 years of slavery in ...
Juneteenth could become a paid state holiday next year
Anchorage Daily News· 4 days agoThe Alaska Legislature earlier this year passed a bill that would make Juneteenth, a June 19th...
Juneteenth celebrated in Las Vegas: ‘This is an American holiday’
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 6 days ago“It starts at home first” Namely, Haywood feels that public awareness about the holiday and the end ...
This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
The extraordinary lives of New England’s Black whaling captains - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 3 days agoWhat makes Cuffe’s story remarkable is that he accomplished all this as a Black and Native American...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 2023, Affirmative Action was deemed “unconstitutional” and unnecessary, despite continued...