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The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis week, many Floridians celebrated Emancipation Day to commemorate May 20, 1865 —the day the ...
Civil War tablets honoring Amherst veterans help open high schoolers’ eyes to unsung Black history
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 16 hours agoAfrican American soldiers from Amherst who served in the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 5 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
James Longstreet’s Lessons in Leadership
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoGrant (he attended Grant’s wedding) had no illusions as to what the war was about: slavery. As he recounted in his memoirs, the Emancipation Proclamation
Gov. Andy Beshear signs Juneteenth and CROWN Act executive orders
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGov. Andy Beshear signed two executive orders honoring Black history and protecting hair...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSummer may seem far away, but it’ll be here before we know it, and with it, Juneteenth. This holiday...
The Rich History Of Drinking Hibiscus Tea On Juneteenth
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA cornerstone of Black history, hibiscus tea has maintained a stronghold in the culture. Despite its...
Lies About American History We Were All Taught in School
Cheapism via AOL· 1 day agoA lot of U.S. history is too good to be true — and actually is not. Sometimes fact is ignored, or...
This Memorial Day, here’s who you should know is buried at the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTexas slaves were free. Even though then President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation ...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
FOX 5 San Diego· 2 days agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...