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Equal Justice Initiative dedicates monument to slavery survivors at Montgomery memorial park
Florida Phoenix via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoQuality Journalism for Critical Times People who visit the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in...
Wednesday is a federal holiday. What you should know about Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)
Birmingham News· 4 days agoWednesday, June 19th is a federal holiday, meaning government offices will be closed and mail will...
Montgomery’s Legacy Museum offers free admission on Juneteenth
Birmingham News· 1 week agoThe Legacy Museum is Alabama’s second-most attended paid attraction behind the U.S. Space & Rocket ...
Families, friends honor Juneteenth at National Museum of African American Music, free of charge
WSMV Nashville· 3 days agoThe museum’s Community Day event allowed people to look at the long history of Black musicians while...
On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery
KOIN News 6 Portland· 3 days agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of surnames grace the towering monument, representing the more...
A history of Black coal miners in W.Va. is worth digging into, museum says
Tribune via AOL· 6 hours agoJun. 22—In West Virginia, where the Appalachian storytelling tradition still hangs in the hollows and along the ridgetops like a whisper of morning fog, it's not just the tale. It's the person ...
Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. is unveiled in Montgomery
Nebraska Examiner via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Equal Justice Initiative has unveiled a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Alabama,...
Social-studies, Miriam Shehane, Isaiah Buggs: Down in Alabama
Birmingham News· 4 days agoWell, the state is working to update some academic standards. Updates appear to be coming to social...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott educates KU basketball team about Juneteenth
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“Everything moved forward” in Lawrence because of Chamberlain, Willmott said. Noting other examples...
The legacy of a last name: A new memorial park honors the last names of the formerly enslaved
CBS 58 Milwaukee· 3 days agoBy Victor Blackwell and Devon M. Sayers(CNN) — A new sculpture park that memorializes African Americans’ centuries-long fight for freedom – from slavery to modern day – has opened in Montgomery,