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Trump’s former top strategist pushes the 2024 election as a ‘victory or death!’ war
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoSteve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former chief strategist in the White House, used the language of war to...
City of Chicago launches reparations task force
CBS News· 10 hours agoThe City of Chicago is taking a major step towards enacting a reparations program as Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a new task force examining how the...
A guide to explaining Juneteenth to your kids
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOnlookers dance during the Juneteenth celebration at The Gateway in Salt Lake City on June 19, 2023. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the...
When, why the US federal holiday Juneteenth is celebrated
FOX 13 Seattle· 12 hours agoSeveral Seattle-area organizations held Juneteenth events on Saturday, celebrating and honoring the...
End Slavery in California Act (ACA 8) Passes Senate Public Safety Committee, Moves to Senate...
Sierra Sun Times· 6 days agoSACRAMENTO, CA – The End Slavery in California Act (ACA 8), authored by Assemblywoman Lori D....
Ben Jealous: On Juneteenth let's remember racial terror didn't end with slavery
Rolling Out· 16 hours agoWhen Terence Crutcher, a father of four who sang in his church choir, was shot and killed by the...
Celebrating Juneteenth
Cleburne Times-Review, Texas via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoJun. 17—In 2021, President Joseph Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which established an official holiday to commemorates the end of slavery in the ...
What's closed in Minnesota on Juneteenth
Axios· 11 hours agoMinnesota will mark Black Americans' emancipation from slavery by observing the Juneteenth holiday on Wednesday, June 19. Zoom in: The newest state...
What's Juneteenth and what's open, closed? Here's what Athens residents need to know
Gannett via AOL· 1 hour agoJuneteenth is a holiday marking slaves in Texas learning in 1865 that they had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The executive order outlawed slavery ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 hours agoIn a completely unsurprising decision, the Florida Board of Education approved a few revisions to the state’s standards for teaching Black history by watering down slavery ...
