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Tributes to Willie Mays pour in as mural is unveiled in Alabama
The Columbian· 4 hours agoMays, who died Tuesday afternoon at 93 years old, knew that he wouldn’t be able to make the trip to...
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
Idaho State Journal· 1 day agoMays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had died earlier in the afternoon in the Bay Area. “My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” son ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 days agoFrom the University of California to Columbia University, Los Angeles to the University of Texas, Austin, students have been subjected to arrests and suspensions as a result of their activism ...
Why Juneteenth didn’t actually end slavery in Texas
Washington Post· 20 hours agoIn 1903, a Black man walked into an office in a small town in Texas, seeking any news about whether slavery had ended. The earnest inquiry from the man,...
Smith: Juneteenth must remind us of our shared humanity
Birmingham News· 13 hours agoRoughly 2,000 Union troops marched into Galveston Bay, Texas on June 19, 1865, and declared that...