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Juneteenth: A holiday for everyone - The Martha's Vineyard Times
The Martha's Vineyard Times· 1 hour agoThe words “June 19, 1865” commemorate the day that the Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after the ...
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo tours African American Art Exhibition at Holocaust Museum for...
Houston Public Media· 6 days agoAmerican Art Exhibition includes art pieces spanning between 1595 to present day. Harris County...
Juneteenth Block Party at the African American Museum in Philadelphia celebrates Black joy
CBS News· 6 days agoOrganizers with the African American Museum in Philadelphia hosted a block party Wednesday to...
'Strength and resilience': Carver Museum launches Juneteenth exhibit ahead of holiday
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCurator Paul Alan Taliercio archived many of the images in the exhibit, chronicling what he...
This creative capital city deserves a lot more attention
CNN.com· 1 day agoRichmond, Virginia — or “RVA,” as locals call it — has top-notchmuseums and intriguing...
Thousands of Black Civil War troops organized in Macon. This vet keeps their history alive
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“Even before Georgia legislation passed these laws about critical race...muskets and an old version...
John Shearer: Attending African American History Museum Opening
The Chattanoogan· 2 days agoAs I reached 701 Hooker Road in Alton Park Saturday morning from South Chattanooga and St. Elmo via lots of turns off 40th Street, Fagan Street, Workman Road, and Wilson Street, I realized I ...
Dozens celebrate African-American history at Vigo Co. Museum
MyWabashValley.com· 6 days agoTERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)– Dozens of residents in Terre Haute gathered at the Vigo County...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Double V Campaign and The GI Bill of 1944 Reenactors of the US Civil War era African-American...
Opinion: Juneteenth has a particularly poignant history in Utah. It’s our responsibility to tell the...
The Salt Lake Tribune· 6 days agoCelebrations of emancipation, like Juneteenth, are not just historical markers. The Sema Hadithi ...