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Opinion: Juneteenth has a particularly poignant history in Utah. It’s our responsibility to tell the...
The Salt Lake Tribune· 14 minutes agoThe Juneteenth holiday celebrates a crucial moment in the American struggle for freedom and justice....
Juneteenth means more than celebrations in Jackson. It's a time of reflection, commemoration
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoMississippi does not recognize Juneteenth, despite having one of the nation’s largest Black...
How to celebrate Juneteenth in St. Augustine? Here's a list of events
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDocuments show that while locked in the county jail, King telegrammed a friend, Rabbi Israel...
Rolling through history: Fort Worth’s new bus memorial honors Civil Rights Movement
Dallas Morning News· 21 hours agoFort Worth drivers will notice something not from this era while riding down East Rosedale Avenue....
The Rev James Lawson, Martin Luther King’s right-hand man in the Civil Rights struggle – obituary
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoLawson duly enrolled in the divinity department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, leading...
Freedom Summer is remembered 60 years later. Some hope a younger generation is listening
Hattiesburg American via Yahoo News· 1 day agoI am tired of funerals. We've got to stand up." Three years earlier, as a Freedom Rider, he was...
I use people's preferred pronouns out of respect. Not because the government said so.
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoProfessor Nicholas Meriwether “believes that ‘God created human beings as either male or female,...
The history of Flag Day
WFMY News 2 Greensboro· 5 days agoIt's been that way since 1777 when the Second Continental Congress adopted the flag with 13 red and white alternating stripes along with 13 stars to...
Retired AP reporter Hoyt Harwell dies at 93; covered key events in the American South
KAAL Austin· 2 days agoHoyt Garland Harwell, a longtime reporter for The Associated Press who covered key events in the American South and was a mentor to young reporters, has died. Harwell died at home June 12 following ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 23 hours agoCollege campuses across the nation have lit up in protests against the U.S. government’s support of Israel in its war with Gaza over the last several weeks. From the University of California ...