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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 12 hours 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...
4 years after George Floyd's death, are Detroit companies meeting DEI promises?
Gannett via AOL· 17 hours agoFour years ago, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by police, sparking nationwide protests and...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 16 hours agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 22 hours agoGeorge Floyd suffered as he died. Plenty of violent cops kill unarmed Black men for trifling reasons but Chauvin didn’t just extinguish Floyd, he ensured ...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
What does Juneteenth mean in an era of ongoing racial unrest? Study and celebrate more.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoBut what does Juneteenth mean in a day and age where racial injustice continues to challenge and...
Brandon Hudson
FOX 2 News Detroit· 1 hour agoThe journey here began after I graduated from Florida State University. During my time in Philly, I covered the Bill Cosby sexual assault trials, rapper...
Watch: Advocacy group rings the alarm for police reform and AI racial bias
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoDamon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, is one of those...
‘Sometimes, the facts don’t matter’: Attacks on DEI are an anti-capitalist war on American...
Fortune via AOL· 11 hours agoSince the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, several phrases associated with helping Black people...
