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Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
CNN.com· 3 days agoWhen the boats sounded their steam whistles, more than 700 men, women and children fled the...
Juneteenth 2024 in NYC: What to do this Emancipation Day
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCity continues to offer a wide array of events to commemorate June 19, 1865 — the day U.S. Army soldiers brought news of emancipation to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — more than ...
5 Black History Landmarks in the U.S. You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
AFAR· 4 days agoMuseums like Nashville’s National Museum of African American Music and the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, are some of the best places to learn about Black ...
19 Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer
New York Times· 7 days agoDunne’s book is engaging as much for his fame-adjacent vignettes as for his frank exploration of his famous family’s complicated history — most notably...
Legislation Proposes Trump on $500 Bill
Coinweek· 20 hours agoOn June 5, 2024, Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ9) introduced H.R.8620, an amendment to the Federal Reserve Act to allow the portrait of former president and now convicted felon Donald J. Trump ...
Mexico was a destination for escaped slaves — one woman risked everything to get them there
NBC News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA Texas exhibit honors the life and work of Silvia Hector Webber, who became known as the "Harriet ...
Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Wicked’ Movie Cast and What They’ve Been in Before
PureWow via Yahoo News· 6 days agoI still remember the first time I saw Wicked on Broadway. I was in awe of the characters, the...
Downtown Orlando Celebrates and remembers Juneteenth with a festival
WFTV 9 Orlando· 5 days agoSaturday, dozens of people in Orlando celebrated and remembered what June 19th, 1865, symbolized and...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
Wait ... the Underground Railroad ran across the Rio Grande? A lost story surfaces.
The Christian Science Monitor· 3 days agoMs. Bravo was raised along the U.S.-Mexico border in Hidalgo County, Texas. Before emancipation,...