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The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 14 hours agoThis week, many Floridians celebrated Emancipation Day to commemorate May 20, 1865 —the day the ...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 4 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
On this day in history, May 23, 1900, Sgt. William H. Carney receives Medal of Honor
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn this day in history, Sgt. William Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor — the first...
Lies About American History We Were All Taught in School
Cheapism via AOL· 10 hours agoA lot of U.S. history is too good to be true — and actually is not. Sometimes fact is ignored, or...
The Rich History Of Drinking Hibiscus Tea On Juneteenth
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoA cornerstone of Black history, hibiscus tea has maintained a stronghold in the culture. Despite its...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
WSYR 9 Syracuse· 11 hours agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
Beshear makes Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday, protects natural hair in state workplaces
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoGov. Andy Beshear on Thursday signed executive orders making Juneteenth an executive branch holiday...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow· 5 days agoJuneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the...
This Memorial Day, here’s who you should know is buried at the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTexas slaves were free. Even though then President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation ...
An apology is the cornerstone of reparations bills in California. What would it do?
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 18 hours agoAppropriations committee. “We’re asking for money to display the apology prominently in the Capitol...