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Rumor Says Black People Couldn't Buy Vanilla Ice Cream Under Jim Crow. Here's the Truth
Snopes· 2 days agoA viral claim has made its way from literary and oral retellings to the internet: that Black people...
Black Homesteaders Are Finding Freedom By Turning Toward Sustainable Living
Parents· 1 day agoHomesteading has a long history in the United States. Many of these Black homesteading communities...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 1 hour agoIt doesn’t matter what form of the word they use, if they used it while telling a story in which it was used or if they were repeating what they heard some Black person say ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 35 minutes agoAttorney Damario Solomon-Simmons told The Associated Press that he submitted a...
Video: Preventing cancer for future generations of Black families
Medical Xpress· 7 hours agoBlack people are more likely to die from cancer than other racial and ethnic groups. According to...
The origins of Juneteenth: History, celebrations and more
theGrio via AOL· 1 day agoJuneteenth as a historical event Juneteenth’s historical significance can’t be understated. June 19,...
How Juneteenth became a family holiday for us
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoNow, they “think it’s a time to reflect and celebrate my Blackness. We look back on history but we are also celebrating Black joy and pride.” If this is...
9 Things People Don’t Know About Juneteenth
MediaFeed via AOL· 5 hours ago/Yelp.com There Were Few Places to Hold Early Celebrations The first years after the emancipation proved difficult because: Segregation laws were taking...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 35 minutes agoFrom May 31 through June 1, 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre took the lives of at least 300 of Black people. In addition to the lives lost, hundreds of < ...
Grants available for Black-owned businesses along Route 66 in Illinois
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo Finance· 16 hours ago“We’re always hoping to get the word out, so more people have the opportunity to apply,” Bill Thomas, chairman of Route 66 Ahead said. “It’s not just preserving the
