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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Rolling through history: Fort Worth’s new bus memorial honors Civil Rights Movement
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoFort Worth drivers will notice something not from this era while riding down East Rosedale Avenue....
Civil rights icon Andrew Young shares insights at Kansas Bar Association meeting
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoTOPEKA — On a Saturday drive home in the late 1950s in Alabama, Andrew Young — then a pastor and...
Celebrating 10 Years of Comcast NBCUniversal’s Voices of the Civil Rights Movement in Houston, Texas...
KION 46 Salinas· 5 days agoFrom August 2023 through August 2024, Comcast NBCUniversal is celebrating the 10th anniversary of...
Martin Luther King Jr.'s son blasts North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoKing told USA TODAY he felt called to weigh in on what is expected to be the most contentious race...
Something to Stand For with Mike Rowe
Cleveland Scene· 20 hours agoJoin America’s favorite storyteller on an epic journey to the heart of Washington DC. Drawing from his blockbuster podcast “The Way I Heard It,” this...
Emmett Till's story: Seattle museum turns pain into purpose with Juneteenth exhibit
KCPQ via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Northwest African American Museum's Juneteenth exhibit opens a portal to the past, highlighting...
11 Inspiring Places Around the U.S. to Learn More About Black History
Veranda via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFrom museums to theaters, there's plenty to do in these storied destinations. Here, the best trips...
Is the future of the civil rights movement in question?
WFMJ Youngstown· 2 days agoA local historian feels the future of civil rights could soon be hanging in the balance.
Wednesday is a federal holiday. What you should know about Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)
Birmingham News· 4 days agoJuneteenth is the newest federal holiday and the first one established since Martin Luther King Jr....