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Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 33 minutes agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
Civil Rights History: Remembering the Monson Motor Lodge Protest 60 years later
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 18 hours agoToday, city leaders will honor a pivotal moment in American history that happened right in St....
50 years ago: When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Notre Dame
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoWhat a year The year 1963 was a pivotal year in the civil rights movement. Among the< ...
Netflix’s ‘Black Barbie’ Explores The Black Women Mattel Workers Who Fought For Black Barbie
HelloBeautiful· 16 hours agoBlack Barbie follows the story of Mattel employees determined to allow a generation of young Black...
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoBlack music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights...
Q&A: Retired Army colonel Dwayne Wagner talks about his Juneteenth poem for Military Review
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoAm I allowed to participate, To celebrate the free? I asked my God for guidance: “Join hands in...
Emmett Till's story: Seattle museum turns pain into purpose with Juneteenth exhibit
FOX 13 Seattle· 3 hours agothe world to see, 68 years later. SEATTLE - Juneteenth — it’s a term we’ve heard a lot more in...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 14 hours agoHarry Belafonte, folk singer and civil rights activist, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure in his home in Manhattan at 96 years ...
Trump portrays rampant crime in speech at Black church in Detroit
Washington Post· 3 days ago“Look, the crime is most rampant right here and in African American communities,” Trump said at ...
Attorney John Gaines, one of Friendship 9 demonstrators in Rock Hill, dies
The Post and Courier· 23 hours agoJohn Gaines, one of nine men who played a crucial role in the civil rights movement in Rock Hill ...