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This Iowa city celebrated Black emancipation long before Juneteenth
The Gazette· 16 hours agoDecades before Martin Luther King Jr. was born and more than a century before Juneteenth became a...
LIST: East Texas Juneteenth celebrations 2024
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoTYLER, Texas (KETK) – Next Wednesday is June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a day that commemorates Black people being freed from slavery after the Civil...
Opinion | Our Fathers Marched With M.L.K. Here’s What They Would Say to Activists Today.
New York Times· 6 days agoOn March 9, 1965, at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther...
Juneteenth in Naples: a great day to "understand and celebrate"
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDay. The holiday traces its origin to Galveston, Texas where Union soldiers arrived on June 19, 1865...
Pa.-born civil rights leader who led sit-ins, Freedom Rides dies at 95
The Patriot-News· 4 days agoMorris Lawson III told The Washington Post. Recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Lawson...
Where to find Juneteenth celebrations throughout Portland
KOIN via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoElementary School to Lillis-Albina Park.. The rest of the day will consist of live performances,...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WLRN Miami· 3 days agoThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence....
75 back-to-school quotes to inspire students for the year ahead
The Today Show via AOL· 6 hours agoHappy back to school! Parents, teachers and students, find funny and motivational back-to-school...
South Los Angeles pastor and civil rights icon, Rev. James Lawson Jr., dies at 95
CBS News· 4 days agoLos Angeles pastor and community leader, the Rev. James Lawson Jr., died Monday at age 95. Lawson...
Iconic Moments at the Apollo Theater Over the Years
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMartin Luther King Jr. Memorial- April 5, 1972 Civil rights activist Martin Luther King ...
