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Kansas, Missouri House Republicans voted to bring back pro-slavery, anti-US monument | Opinion
Wichita Eagle via AOL· 50 minutes agoThe Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery is a tribute to an insurrection devoted to...
Editorial: Juneteenth is about more than the end of slavery
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 56 minutes agoJuneteenth, a federal holiday, is about honoring fortitude, perseverance and, yes, optimism. Those...
Morgan Freeman Talks ‘The Gray House,’ Rips Into Black History Month: ‘My History Is American...
Variety via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMorgan Freeman isn’t a fan of Black History Month. “I detest it. The mere idea of it. You are going...
Louisiana Congressional Republicans back failed plan to return racist statue to Arlington Cemetery
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 15 hours agoOther Louisiana Republicans who voted to return the racist statue to Arlington Cemetery are Reps....
Galveston was home to the first Juneteenth. Here's how it'll celebrate this year
NPR· 2 hours agoJune 19th commemorates the fall of slavery in Galveston in 1865 — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation ordered the liberation of Black people held in the Confederacy
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoBut the real history is more complicated than that. On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln signed the...
What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
Ted Cruz’s Totally Outrageous “Proof” That the KKK Loves Democrats
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoDuring the post–Civil War Reconstruction era, Democrats were indeed conservative, pro-Confederacy...
‘Lost cause’ of our nation’s brutal racism permeates society, distorting history along the way
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoFew images from the violent attacks on peacefully demonstrating teens from civil rights-era...
Opinion | On Juneteenth, Freedom Came With Strings Attached
New York Times· 2 hours agoLast week at a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House, Vice President Harris said...