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Juneteenth events begin this weekend
Gannett via AOL· 9 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the Civil War was over and slavery abolished, more than two years after...
Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families, conservatism
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoJim Crow laws were enacted over several decades after the end of post-Civil War Reconstruction in...
The civil but nevertheless hostile NY-16 debate
Politico· 7 hours agoWith help from Rich Mendez Even in a relatively civil televised debate between Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his Democratic primary challenger Westchester...
Grants For Black Women Entrepreneurs Are Not ‘Discriminatory’
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoAccording to the lawsuit against Fearless Fund, their grant violates the Civil Rights Act of 1866,...
The Black Caddies Who Helped Shape Pinehurst No. 2
Time via Yahoo Sports· 1 hour agoLikely among the workers who built Pinehurst was Demus Taylor. Born enslaved, Taylor found himself in Pinehurst after a long life of laboring. He gained...
Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp Nelson is our Canada’
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoLinda Blackford: On Juneteenth, remember where Black Kentuckians issued their own Emancipation...
How we uncovered the true story of 40 Acres and a Mule
Mother Jones· 5 hours ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles after the Civil War. One ...
Pitcairn man performs restoration, replacement work on Civil War headstones
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 1 day agoEllis Michaels of Pitcairn, a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, is removing...
Reconstruction-era records reveal how formerly enslaved people were stripped of land
WLRN Miami· 7 hours agoJournalist Alexia Fernández Campbell says following the Civil War, some freed men and women were given titles to land -- but after President Lincoln's death, the land was taken back.
China Box Office: ‘Be My Friend’ Opens Ahead of ‘Furiosa’ and ‘Civil War’ on Dragon Boat Holiday...
Variety via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” enjoyed one day at the top of the mainland China box office before being...