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What is Juneteenth, and how did it become a state and federal holiday?
The Republican· 5 hours agoApproaching this year’s Juneteenth holiday, MassLive asked readers and staff to identify Black...
A School Board Reinstated Confederate School Names. Could It Happen Elsewhere?
Education Week· 1 day agoBeth Veney Ogle recalls when, as a student at Stonewall Jackson High School in Shenandoah County,...
'Not just a festival': Anaheim welcomes Juneteenth celebration after Santa Ana split
Los Angeles Times· 12 hours agoAlready home to an annual Black History Parade, Anaheim is now the host city for the premiere...
Opinion | Long Before the Woke, There Were the Wide Awake
New York Times· 5 hours agoDr. Grinspan is a curator of political history at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American...
Find out what the great-grandson of John Hendrix, the prophet of Oak Ridge, revealed
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoHere is an excerpt from the best-known Hendrix prophecy: “And I tell you, Bear Creek Valley someday...
Where can Richmond students buy clear backpacks?
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 2 days agoThe Richmond Public School Board voted Monday to require all students to use clear backpacks in an attempt to curb violence. The new policy will go into...
Lebanon's Juneteenth Celebration coming to Monument Park
Lebanon Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDay On June 19, 1865, over two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at...
Why you think Ty Cobb was a racist (when he wasn't)
Newsweek· 3 days agoCobb, who played mostly for the Detroit Tigers from 1905 to 1928, was a pioneering superstar who had an astounding lifetime batting average of .367, a...
Spencer Dew, Religion Dispatches
The Raw Story· 6 days agoThis article is reprinted with permission from Religion Dispatches. The rally also set up a situation where President Trump’s refusal to directly condemn white supremacism could be read as tacit ...
Richmond Public Schools to require clear backpacks to deter weapons
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 3 days agoThe Richmond School Board will require students to use clear backpacks effective July 1 in an effort...
