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Report: These 2 Arizona politicians have ancestral ties to slaveholders
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRep. Andy Biggs and former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick are among 100 American political leaders who have...
Harriet Tubman and the Most Important, Understudied Battle of the Civil War
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn June 2, 1863, not long after midnight, 300 recently escaped slaves, all armed and with at least...
How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBlack fugitives fleeing slavery on the Underground Railroad, Photo 12/Universal Images Group via...
How a heritage of Black preaching shaped MLK's voice in calling for justice
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMartin Luther King, Jr. delivers his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial...
Juneteenth As A Collective Therapy For The Black Community
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth since its inception as a holiday continues to evolve and serves as a collective therapy...
A brief history of the Black church's diversity, and its vital role in American political history
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe exterior view of the Bethel African American Methodist Episcopal Church at 125 S. 6th St. in...
What to know about the history of Juneteenth: Takeaways from A&M-Corpus Christi event
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoBlack people have always been active participants in securing their rights, though their...
SC Black activist calls for boycott of Greenville Juneteenth celebration. Here’s why
The State via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA former chair of the Greenville chapter of the NAACP is calling for a boycott of Greenville’s...
More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months ago(Reuters) - * At least 100 members of the last sitting Congress aredirect descendants of ancestors...
For America's political elite, family links to slavery abound
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAs U.S. lawmakers commemorated the end of slavery by celebrating Juneteenth this month, many of them...